Sam Burgess forced into early rugby league retirement due to injury – report

  • Souths captain has ongoing shoulder problem
  • Three years remaining on Rabbitohs contract

Sam Burgess, the South Sydney and England forward, is expected to be forced to call time on his rugby league career as a result of an ongoing shoulder injury that blighted his 2019 NRL season.

According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the 30-year-old’s club will confirm his retirement on Wednesday afternoon. Burgess, whose contract with the Rabbitohs runs until 2022, battled shoulder injuries all last season but it is a subsequent infection that is reportedly the cause of the decision to hang up his boots.

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