He had a year left on his deal. However I think the Bulls had to cash in when they did. Sam wanted to go to the NRL and if we'd kept an unhappy player for another year we'd perhaps not have been able to afford Orford who has been instrumental in our improvement on last year.

Bradford also hold his SL registration don't they?

does that include the million $ apartment Crowe is letting him use? Talk about a cap rort!

It does say the rent is being deducted from his salary and paid to Crowe.

hmmm could we see another team losing all their points?hmmmmmm

yeh, rent for that area would be $800-1000 a week for a top apartment. That's a 1/3rd of his salary gone this year!

Having said that doubt there is any forwards in NRL on more than $300k a year

Ah, if only you were that good a journalist

For what it's worth we do.




Doesn't sound like it. He was in one of Crowe's places for a short while with the rent being taken out of his salary. He's in his own place now according to his twitter even if he's locked himself out of it.

Far too much for a park footballer

Outstanding player and person. Deserves every reward that comes his way. The lifestyle itself is worth any amount of money and he'll be most likely banking practically everything he earns.

Wish we could produce ten a year like Sam Burgess.

From memory of the whole Harris saga Sam, don't you have to have a valid playing contract in order to hold a player's registration with the RFL?

Bradford might have something written into his release agreement that says they have first option on his return, but we've all seen what that is worth.

Come on JB, you never heard of the "living away from home allowance?"

This means that he ex-pats lviing here on a temp residency visa of sorts will be taxed AFTER his rent is deducted.

Hasn't he moved out of Crowe's place a while ago now anyway? Check it out.

You're right. It's the option in the event of his return I think I meant

money isnt everything to everybody. nice to see.

voted by his peers in RLW as the hardest hitter in the NRL this season.

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makes you wonder, what would have stopped Rusty giving him a couple of hundred,000 whilst over in the UK and Sam sticking it in his UK or overseas account. Nobody would be the wiser and as said if he was asking for $400k (probably closer to what he could get in UK) it is doubtful he would have signed such a long deal for less than $300k.

How many uk players are earning around £250,000?

I'd be surprised if burgess didn't get a big pay rise when he joined souths

you could probably count them on 1 hand..

Its a bit of a myth that all these players ear a quarter mill etc when in the UK.
The main thing was the tax dodge for 40% of your earnings

Exactly.

People need to remember how young he is, his contract at Bradford was probably his second(?) as a pro and won't have been that lucrative, though his next one would have been.

and he could name his price for his next contract and there'll be no shortage of takers...

wouldn't surprise me if he spent the next decade at souths.

maybe..i can see brisbane spending some of that salary cap they are sitting on one day.....he defo won't be coming home though....thinks he's already said that in the aussie press recently?

Isn't it strange how with some players you don't mind them getting a 'decent' wage because they come across as good people. Others however...