Sam Burgesss Bath switch on hold after South Sydney heroics
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South Sydney beat Canterbury 30-6 to win NRL Premiership Burgess to have surgery after fracturing cheekboneSam Burgess will have to wait to begin his crash course in rugby union after defying a fractured cheekbone suffered in the first minute to lead South Sydney to their first Australian Premiership for 43 years. It was a display of heroism with which, according to the clubs owner Russell Crowe, he has carved his name deep into the history of rugby league.The 25-year-old, who suffered the injury in an accidental clash with the head of his British prop rival James Graham on the first tackle of…





