SAM BURGESS has called his then-Bath coach Mike Ford “a snake” and accused him of using Burgess as a pawn to play politics during England’s dire 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign.
The ex-Rugby League star, 31, was included in England’s World Cup squad nine months after his union debut.
“Mike Ford wanted the England coaching job,” Burgess told the House of Rugby podcast. “I had to tell him I couldn’t play for him anymore. I’d lost respect for him.”
Burgess, who returned to Rugby League following the World Cup after just one season in Un...