{"id":63148,"date":"2021-04-26T02:43:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T02:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63148"},"modified":"2021-04-26T04:58:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T04:58:11","slug":"nrl-clubs-make-shock-play-for-burgess-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63148","title":{"rendered":"NRL clubs make shock play for Burgess comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Sydney Rabbitohs great Sam Burgess recently rejected comeback offers from two NRL clubs amid rumours <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/sam-burgess-comeback-talks\/089ed85d-fb4f-4b72-bf9a-4a23fd8c681e\" title=\"he was considering a return to the game.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">he was considering a return to the game<\/a>, his advisor has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old, who hasn&#x27;t played since the 2019 season, was forced to medically retire due to a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>Burgess revealed late last year his <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/sam-burgess-comeback-talks\/089ed85d-fb4f-4b72-bf9a-4a23fd8c681e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"body felt &quot;good&quot; after training with the Rabbitohs inside the club&#x27;s bubble\">body felt &quot;good&quot; after training with the Rabbitohs inside the club&#x27;s bubble<\/a> during the COVID-impacted competition in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>But the whispers of a return have now been put to rest, with Burgess&#x27; advisor Braith Anasta revealing the 2014 Clive Churchill winner opted to remain retired despite attracting interest from multiple clubs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b73aedac-be43-4322-9373-97e1749c01a9\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b73aedac-be43-4322-9373-97e1749c01a9\" alt=\"Sam Burgess\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The offers were genuine and Sam gave it some serious thought,&quot; Anasta told the Daily Telegraph. &quot;They rang me and they were keen.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was definitely a consideration but it&#x27;s not going to happen. The career&#x27;s over.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;When he got fit again the juices started flowing.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the Daily Telegraph, the Wests Tigers were believed to be one of the team&#x27;s interested in bringing Burgess back to the NRL.<\/p>\n<p>Had Burgess joined the Tigers, he would&#x27;ve been reunited with his 2014 premiership-winning coach Michael Maguire.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>South Sydney Rabbitohs great Sam Burgess recently rejected comeback offers from two NRL clubs amid rumours he was considering a return to the game, his <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=63148\" title=\"NRL clubs make shock play for Burgess comeback\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63150,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63148\/revisions\/63150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}