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Two Sams make unlikely lunch companions

Sydney bachelors Sam Burgess and Sam Dastyari made for curious companions on a muggy Friday afternoon at Justin Hemmes swish CDB eatery Felix.

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Sydney bachelors Sam Burgess and Sam Dastyari made for curious companions on a muggy Friday afternoon at Justin Hemmes swish CDB eatery Felix.

Sources observed the disgraced ex-Labor senator and the disgraced former NRL star looked to be in good humour — though the pairing struck most as bizarre.

Sam Burgess. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard
Sam Burgess. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard
Sam Dastyari. Picture: John Grainger
Sam Dastyari. Picture: John Grainger

Besides achieving media notoriety and splitting from their wives in recent years, what else do the pair have in common?

This writer keeps hearing Burgess, who found favour on Channel 7 this year thanks to his much-hyped (fans of Jana Pittman would say undeserved …) win on SAS Australia, has been retained by 7 for another project — something that might also involve Dastyari.

Before this column could say Big Brother VIP 7 sources scotched the talk last night.

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