Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Hei te ahiahi o te Paraire ka mau ahau ki te koti Baths No. 6 mō te wā tuarua i roto i tētahi kēmu Pirimia. Ko te whakawhiti mai i te pokapū o waenganui kua pai ki ahau me te kapa, no reira kei te tumanako ahau ka taea e au te purei i te rarangi o muri mo te toenga o tenei wa. Ko te whakarerekētanga o te tūnga he whakatau nā taku kaiako matua, nā Mike Ford, i whakatau i muri i te hauwhā whakamutunga o te Champions Cup ki Leinster. I waea mai ia ki a au i te rā i muri mai o taua kēmu hei matapaki i te tākaro i ahau i te rarangi o muri hei whakanui ake i aku meneti i runga i te mara i roto i ta mātou oma ki te kāinga, ki te mea e kiia nei e au ko te "kanikani nui": koinei te whiringa toa. I whakaaro a ia ko te Nama 6 e pai ana ki te huarahi e ngana ana mātou ki te tākaro hei kapa, ā, e pai ana hoki ki aku kaha whaiaro, ā, i whakaae ahau. Kua whakaritea a Sam Burgess hei tīmatanga i te taha matapo mō te wā tuarua mō Bath i te pō o te Rāhoroi. E whakapono ana te kaiako matua o Bath, a Mike Ford, ka nui ake te pānga o Burgess ki te kēmu mai i te rārangi o muri. Kei te whakarerekē tonu a Burgess ki te ture 15-tangata me tana tikanga kawe pōro i raro i te tirotiro. I roto i te riiki, mō te iwa tau, ko taku kēmu ko te tango i ngā pōro poto me te rapu i ngā poka. I Bath, koina te mahi a ā mātou kaiwhaiwhai, nō reira ko te neke ki roto i te kohinga he mea whai tikanga, ā, ka nui ake te wā ki ahau i runga i te mara, koina te mea e hiahiatia ana e au hei whakapai ake i taku roro uniana. Ko te tūmanako, e rima wiki e toe ana ki te Pirimia, ā, ki te pai te haere o ngā mea katoa, ka noho au ki te ono, engari kāore au e hiahia kia whakawātea. Kua kitea e au he maha nga mea i tupu mai i taku whakawhiti i nga waehere. Ahakoa kei te tākaro au i te 12, kei te tākaro ahau i te 13 rānei, kei te tākaro rānei ahau i te ono, ki ahau, kāore e nui te rerekētanga ki taku āhuatanga. I kitea e au he rereketanga iti noa iho i waenga i nga tuunga. Ahakoa he pai ki ahau te tākaro i te taha, kāore au i whakarere i te tūranga pokapū i roto i taku heke mai i roto i te kēmu. I eke au ki te ono i te tīmatanga o te tau i roto i ētahi kēmu A-league, engari e mārama ana ehara i te mea kotahi te paerewa. Inaianei, he pai ake taku noho i te wā o te wehenga i taku i mahi ai i ētahi marama kua pahure ake nei, ā, kei te mōhio kē ahau ki te rārangi o ngā rārangi. I tīmata a Burgess i tana mahi uniana i te pokapū engari kua whakaritea kia mutu te wa hei kaieke whakamuri. Ka kitea e au i runga i te pōro,
Ka tūtaki a Bath ki a London Irish i te Rec i te Aviva Premiership i te pō o te Rāmere. Kua whakaritea a Sam Burgess ki te tākaro i tana tukinga tuarua i te taha matapo. E whakapono ana te kaiako o Bath, a Mike Ford, he pai ake a Burgess ki te whakatangi.