Souths confirm Burgess switching back to rugby league

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Code-hopping Sam Burgess has jumped again, rejoining South Sydney in Australia's National Rugby League competition just weeks after playing for England in the rival 15-man code's World Cup.

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Published 6 November 2015 8:45am

Updated 6 November 2015 8:48am

Source: Reuters

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The 26-year-old has signed a contract with South Sydney to the end of the 2018 season, the club said in a statement on Friday, hours after British media reported Burgess was leaving his rugby union club Bath.

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(Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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Souths confirm Burgess switching back to rugby league

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Code-hopping Sam Burgess has jumped again, rejoining South Sydney in Australia's National Rugby League competition just weeks after playing for England in the rival 15-man code's World Cup.

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