England prop Tom Burgess is as happy as a pig in mud and he should know giving his farming antics.
The hulking South Sydney prop hopes to bring home the bacon in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against Papua New Guinea. He’s been spending time on TV star Kelvin Fletcher’s farm in between international duties. Burgess is big mates with the ex-Emmerdale actor and Strictly winner who’s swapped acting and dancing shoes to run a Peak District farm.
Fletcher and his family feature on the BBC show Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure. Burgess, 30, has been happy to muck in - and joked how he could be grafting there again after grappling with PNG’s forwards this weekend. He said: “It’s going well for Kelvin. I’ve been down recently and on a Sunday it’s going to be my farm day.
