Monday Buzz: Sam Burgess needs to ditch his grub act following another charge

EVERY good NRL side needs an enforcer like Sam Burgess to win a premiership. A hard-nosed, uncompromising middle forward that other sides hate playing against.

Sam Burgess’ rap sheet continues to grow after another ugly incident.

EVERY good NRL side needs an enforcer like Sam Burgess to win a premiership.

A hard-nosed, uncompromising middle forward that other sides hate playing against.

A man who puts fear into his opponents and controls the middle.

It’s the role Burgess plays for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and why he won the Clive Churchill Medal on grand final day 2014.

The trouble is he oversteps the mark and there is a fine line between toughness and thuggery. And/or being classified a grub.

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Sam Burgess was outstanding for the Rabbitohs against Canberra.

Burgess’ rap sheet is the worst of any player in the modern era.

He has had six charges in the last two seasons — a chicken wing, a shoulder charge, tripping, a careless high tackle, a cannonball and elbow to the head.

He’s had some other horrible incidents since joining the NRL including genital grabbing. Charming.

All up he’s had 12 charges and he’s obviously not getting the right message from the judiciary.

Burgess even bagged Josh Morris after a two-week suspension for elbowing him in the head for “trying to get a career in Hollywood.”

This is a total lack of respect for the laws of the game from someone who won’t accept responsibility for his actions.

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Burgess was involved in a nasty hit on Aidan Sezer in the clash.

The Rabbitohs enforcer will miss two or three weeks for the high shot.

You think what the game would be like if every forward played as carelessly or as recklessly as the big Englishman. It would be absolute carnage. More like UFC than rugby league.

It’s a shame because there is not a bigger personality player in the game. Women love him.

But you look at other enforcers in the competition.

Jess Bromwich at Melbourne. There’s absolutely no rubbish in his game.

The boom prop Reagan Campbell Gillard at the Penrith Panthers. Again no crap in his game.

Dave Klemmer at the Bulldogs. James Graham at the Dragons.

Even Matt Scott at the Cowboys. One of the toughest yet cleanest front-rowers of the last decade.

They all play hard and tough.

Saturday’s incident in Gosford — a high shot on Canberra Raiders halfback Aiden Sezer — was almost a send-off offence. At the very least he should have been marched to the sin bin.

There was absolutely no reason to go high with the swinging left arm.

Burgess is a brilliant talent, but his rap sheet continues to grow.

Only Sezer’s sportsmanship in getting straight back onto his feet saved Burgess.

Raiders skipper Jarrod Croker is not into controversy but even he blew up after the game.

“Sia Soliola got six weeks for something like that last year,” Croker said, “Sam plays the game hard but this was a bad one.”

Yesterday the NRL match review committee handed down a grade two charge. It means two or three weeks.

Hopefully this time Big Sam will get the message.

He’d be an even greater player without all the rubbish in his game.

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