Rugby League-Burgess found guilty of intimidating former wife's father


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 05 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: Britain Rugby League - England Training - Eltham College, London - 9/11/16 England's Sam Burgess during training Mandatory Credit: Action Images / John Sibley Livepic

(Reuters) - An Australian magistrate on Friday found former England rugby international Sam Burgess guilty of intimidating his former wife's father.

Burgess, who represented England in rugby league, and in rugby union at the 2015 World Cup, was sentenced at Moss Vale Local Court in New South Wales to a two-year community corrections order.

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