Great expectations will hinder Sam Burgess England World Cup push | Robert Kitson

The Bath back-rows warrior credentials are clear but the timescale for the 2015 tournament is ridiculously tight Burgess not putting timescale on Bath debutMany have preceded Sam Burgess down the same pot-holed road from league to union. None, Burgess included, have embarked knowing how their odyssey will end. The pitch is the same size and the posts are a familiar shape but unions culture and law book are distinctly alien. Success in league does not automatically translate to rah-rah genius, any more than baseball does to cricket.It is difficult, therefore, not to admire those prepared to ris…