Sam Burgess exit leaves Bath coach Ford ‘gutted’

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Bath coach Mike Ford says he is “gutted” by the decision of Sam Burgess to leave the club and return to rugby league. Burgess, 26, was part of the England squad which went out of their home World Cup in the group stages. He switched codes to join Bath last year, but has now returned to Australia to play for NRL side South Sydney Rabbitohs, his former club. “I feel gutted in the respect that I think he could have been a fantastic rugby union player in the back row,” Ford says. “The way we play rugby he would have fitted in brilliantly and taken our game, and rugby union I feel, to a new dimension.” This clip is from 5 live Sport, Saturday 7 November 2015.