#5. Sam Burgess – South Sydney Rabbitohs to Bath
Bath’s signing of Sam Burgess from the NRL’s South Sydney Rabbitohs fresh from a Grand Final triumph in 2014 shook both codes in Australia and England as a superstar of the game was crossing codes. His fallout and return to league was equally as notorious.
DID YOU KNOW? His older brother, Luke, and younger twin brothers, Tom and George, are also professional rugby league footballers
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