Sam Burgess will make his grand entrance into a whole new ball-game on Friday night, having realised in recent weeks that he faces a monumental task in crossing the rugby divide.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I cannot wait to see Sam Burgess play for Bath, I’m sure he has everything to succeed in union and all England rugby fans should be grateful to Bath for bringing him into the sport.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTSWRITER: In September 2017, former Leigh Centurions director Andy Mazey, announced that he would be Swinton's new chairman. From then, changes were afoot.

South Sydney Rabbitohs said on Wednesday that their captain Sam Burgess has been forced to quit the sport due to a chronic left shoulder injury, ending one of rugby league's greatest careers.

Australia will play Italy, Fiji and Scotland in Group B while New Zealand face Lebanon, Jamaica and Ireland in Group C. Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Wales and Cook Islands make up Group D.

MARTIN SAMUEL CHIEF SPORTSWRITER - Rugby League claims to have an 'enviable track record' when it comes to equality, diversity and inclusion. Except fundamentalist Christians, it seems.

Massachusetts couple David, 102, and Muriel, 97, Cohen died within hours of each other Friday after 78 years of marriage.

WILL KELLEHER IN OTSU EXCLUSIVE: Sam Matavesi is the Fijian hooker with the Cornish accent who now is ready for a shot at Wales at the Rugby World Cup in Japan.

The 27-year-old has now returned to England after his side's pool stage exit from the tournament in Japan but has devastatingly had shirts, medals and caps taken from his car in London.

She admitted to having a 'connection' with Sam Withers before his elimination on Love Island Australia.

Eiza Gonzalez looked unrecognizable on Friday night when she dressed up as Angelina Jolie's character in Maleficent for the annual Casamigos Halloween party in Beverly Hills.

Scotland centre Sam Johnson has ramped up the tensions between the two teams by revealing his childhood in Australia taught him that 'no one likes England'.

Australia fly-half Quade Cooper believes a few rounds of boxing in the ring might help to keep him out of trouble outside it. Cooper will feature alongside Sonny Bill Williams in Sydney.

CHRIS FOY IN SAMOA: Sam Burgess's switch to the back row has enhanced his prospects of appearing at the World Cup, according to his leading Kiwi rival from rugby league.

New Zealand proved jut how frightening they can be with a crushing victory over Samoa in preparation for facing the British and Irish Lions. Relive the action from the All Blacks' tune-up fixture.

The unlikely reunion comes as the South African and Australian teams are embroiled in a stoush over degrading comments made towards Warner about his wife's fling with SBW.

Samoa coach Matt Parish will approach Sonny Bill Williams about representing the nation if he returns to rugby league with Toronto Wolfpack in the English Super League.

Home and Away star Sam Frost has opened up about struggling to find a balance between work and life.

Home and Away star Sam Frost stunned in a pastel yellow body-con dress while attending Abbey Gelmi and Ben Way's wedding in Adelaide on Friday. 

Former Bachelorette-turned-actress Sam Frost owns one killer wardrobe.

Sam Frost cut a fashionable figure as she arrived for the 2019 AACTA Awards on Wednesday. 

Sam Frost has shared her story of being cheated on by a mystery ex-boyfriend, who had a less-than-convincing excuse when caught in the act.

With Christmas just around the corner, the Home and Away cast have opened up about what they have planned for the silly season.

Christmas might be days away, but that hasn't stopped the cast of Home and Away from getting back on set to film scenes for Channel Seven's long-running drama.

Sam Frost has two weeks off and she's using them to embark on a road trip across New Zealand. 

She's currently enjoying a holiday with friends in New Zealand, but Sam Frost hasn't exactly been putting her feet up, taking to Instagram Stories on Tuesday to share a video of herself running up a hill.

Home and Away actress Sam Frost is well known for flaunting her dazzling figure on Instagram.

She's been dating her boyfriend, Dave Bashford, since 2017.

Home and Away's Sam Frost had been relaxing in New Zealand for over a week.  

MARTIN SAMUEL AT WIMBLEDON: For Federer to best an opponent - and an 18-time Grand Slam winner - on such a fast, exacting, demanding surface at his age, is superhuman.

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have been drawn in the same group for the ATP Finals in London. The pair will do battle in the Bjorn Borg group at the O2 Arena.

Sam Allardyce wants to return to management but only at a club that has ambitions of success in the Premier League. He has been out of work since leaving Everton at the end of the 2017-18 season.

The Trotters pulled the plug on their fixture at just 24 hours' notice due to welfare concerns for their young squad, who have been thrust into senior action amid the off-field problems at the club.

The family of tragic Premier League footballer Jlloyd Samuel have made the extraordinary claim that his wife 'faked' his death in a car crash to cash in on an insurance fraud.

In Saturday's Daily Mail, chief sports writer Martin Samuel considered the growing conflict between top and bottom over restarting the season. Now he responds to reader comments.

Cologne have ramped up checks following the three positive tests, a development that will alert the Premier League as they monitor how Germany are attempting to resume football.

The new feature stops short of fully replacing Alexa and currently only allows users to query Jackson for the weather, jokes, and for details about their calendar or the time or the news.

The 24-year-old English singer helped contestants Megan Danielle and Samantha Howell prepare for their Battle Round duet on Monday's episode of The Voice and they both advanced.

Sources have claimed that bosses decided to finally make the historic move after rival Dancing On Ice set the standard with their own all-male pairing earlier this year.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Long before IOC president Thomas Bach received the call that brought the 2020 Games to an abrupt close, the Olympics were already done.

While the message was sincere, the word-for-word tweets prompted many to call out Figo for a lack of effort with the only difference between the two posts was the accompanying images.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Having given up £1million of his salary, England manager Gareth Southgate must have been rather surprised to end up as the villain on Sunday.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: There were only a few hours between Trabzonspor stating that Sturridge's contract had been terminated, and the specific explanation.

RUGBY WORLD CUP DIARY: The All Blacks have been more than happy to stop for fan photographs, but one superstar in their hotel was not so obliging. 

Anthony Garcia admitted adding a sample of the bodily fluid to a sample of yoghurt while working at a grocery story in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A video posted on You Tube shows the group of unnamed thrillseekers, who are all harnessed together with bungee cords, jumping from the bridge at the same time.

The 26-year-old French centre back has struggled with knee and foot problems in the last few seasons and Barca said there was no time frame for his return to training.

Thousands of England fans will have woken up on Wednesday morning with one question on their minds: how do I get to Russia for Saturday's quarter-final? 

Sweden have taken off for Samara ahead of their World Cup quarter final — a full day ahead of their opponents England. Gareth Southgate's squad will fly in from Saint Petersburg on Friday.

Gareth Southgate's buoyant team face Sweden on Saturday, knowing a win will put them into the semi-final for the first time in 28 years, where they will either face Croatia or hosts Russia.