Code-swapper Sam Burgess hailed a hero for rushing to aid a choking man
Former England centre Sam Burgess was on Saturday hailed a hero in Australia after he reportedly helped a man choking on a piece of seafood.
Burgess, who quit English Premiership rugby union side Bath last year to return to rugby league’s South Sydney Rabbitohs, was with teammates at the Sydney Fish Market on Friday when he sprang into action.
The Souths players were taking part in a fish-eating challenge when a man joined in and began to choke, a witness, who asked not to be named, told foxsports.com.au.
All we can say is that @SamBurgess8 is a true #hero. And we are not talking about on the footy field
“Some seafood got caught in his throat and he started choking. Sam raced straight over and grabbed him and started putting his body weight on him to try and get it out.”
The man was eventually able to swallow the tricky morsel but the witness said “if Sam hadn’t helped it could have been bad”.
“I’m telling you Sam is a hero.”
The Sydney Fish Market also tweeted its thanks, saying: “All we can say is that @SamBurgess8 is a true #hero. And we are not talking about on the footy field.”
