Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tohua a Sam Burgess ki te rarangi o muri i te mea e whai ana a Bath ki te hoki mai i te mutunga o to raatau moemoea Pakeha ma te patu i a Newcastle i te po o te Paraire. Kua pau i a Burgess te nuinga o tana mahi i roto i te uniana o roto, o waho ranei, engari ka tirotirohia e te kaiako matua a Mike Ford ana tohu i te taha o te taha matapo i te whakaaturanga Aviva Premiership i Kingston Park. Kua kaha te whetu o mua o te kapa rugby ki te whai pānga ki te waenganui o te mara mai i tana huri ki te uniana i te mutunga o te tau kua hipa, a kua maha nga wa i kii a Ford e kite ana ia i te rarangi o muri ko te kaainga tino pai mo tana kawe pupuhi me te tiaki. Ko Sam Burgess te kaitiaki matua o Bath mai i tana taenga mai i te South Sydney Rabbitohs. Ka wehe atu a Burgess i te papa whai muri i te hinganga o tana kapa i te Pākehā o te Pākehā ki a Leinster i te Rāhoroi. I karangahia a Burgess ki te kapa RBS 6 Nations o Ingarangi ki te whakanui ake i tana maatauranga i roto i te waehere hou, ahakoa kaore ia i whakaarohia mo te kowhiringa e te Whero Whero e whakaaro ana ki a ia hei pokapū o roto. Ko te ahu whakamua o te 26-tau mai i te wehenga atu o te South Sydney Rabbitohs kua arahina ki te whakapae ka hoki mai ia ki te riiki, engari ko Jason Robinson kei roto i te hunga e whakapono ana ka taea tonu e ia te wikitoria i tetahi waahi i te kapa o te Ipu o te Ao o Ingarangi. Ko te pikinga o Burgess ki te timatanga o te XV ko tetahi o nga huringa e waru i mahia ki te kapa i maka atu i te Champions Cup na te hinganga o te 18-15 o te hauwhā whakamutunga ki a Leinster i Dublin. I karangatia a Burgess ki te kapa Ingarangi a Stuart Lancaster i te RBS 6 Nations. Ko Francois Louw te kaiwawao o Awherika ki te Tonga e arahi ana i te taha o te kaipupuri o Stuart Hooper he whara te kuao, i te mea kua whakahokia a Semesa Rokoduguni ki te parirau matau. Ko te wikitoria ki Newcastle i Kingston Park ka whakapakari i te kereme a Bath ki te painga o te kaainga i nga whiringa toa o te Pirimia me te whakaara i a raatau ki te tuarua, ahakoa mo te wa poto mena ka hinga a Saracens i a Leicester. Kua whakakapi a Newcastle i a Tom Catterick ki a Rory Clegg hei tetahi o nga huringa e wha i a ratou e whai ana kia eke ki te wehenga e whitu nga tohu e wehe ana i a raatau mai i London Irish i te 10...
Ka tutaki a Bath ki a Newcastle Falcons i te whakataetae Aviva Premiership i te po o te Paraire. Ko Sam Burgess te nuinga o te wā e tākaro ana ki te pokapū mō Bath. Engari ko te whetū o mua o te kapa whutupaoro ka tu ki te taha o te taha i te Paraire.