I feel extremely lucky, as you should as well that we have two sports that are pretty awesome which we follow with similar enthusiasm. To have rugby and rugby league, which are more similar than they are different just means more brutal, skillful sport to enjoy. Which is why I've come to this place of joy with regards to those who want to switch things up and switch codes.

Let's be honest, Michael Jordan wasn't that flash at baseball and more recently neither was Tracy McGrady. We never really hear of NFL players switching to another sport, let alone having much success. But in our little corner of the globe, and that other, bigger corner of the globe we are treated to seeing blokes try their hand at both and be pretty good at both.

I'm writing this (I doubt it will be my last on the matter) because of something I wrote a while back about Sam Burgess and his decision to switcharoo. I'm left with little doubt in my mind that he'll go good in rugby, the question is where? After seeing him put in awesome performance after awesome performance this season, I reckon he's athletic enough to play in the midfield. The fact that he could wind up as a loose forward or in the midfield is a testament to Mr Burgess.

Forget about the plethora of blokes who switched codes between 2000-2010, there's two lads (Burgess is unproven) who are genuine superstars who have done a fantastic job all round. Sonny Bill Williams and Israel Folau are blokes who have gone from being key men in one code, to key men in another (forget about the AFL) and have shown that if you go about it the right way, the world is yours.

I'm not here to say which code is better or which code produces better athletes, they both came from rugby league and have made the switch look pretty easy, cool. People in rugby seem to completely ignore the fact that these guys are league folk, while league folk kick up a fuss and conjure up ways to keep their stars in the code.

Let's be honest, rugby in Australia will struggle to reach the heights of rugby league and rugby league in New Zealand will struggle to reach the heights of rugby. So why the angst?

Rugby league doesn't need to introduce special measures to keep blokes in the NRL, for every SBW and Folau there's a Greg Inglis and Jonathan Thurston. The constant talk of ensuring players stay in the NRL and the eagerness to celebrate the sniff of a chance that SBW might return to the NRL, that he won't rule out a return, please. That smacks of insecurity, there's a production line of young talent. If you were an alien, you'd think that there's a mass migration of players from the NRL to rugby. Which there clearly is not.

Co-exist. The two codes can co-exist with players jumping between the two. If either code is worried about keeping or enticing players, they're insecure. For every league player who comes to rugby there's a Richie McCaw, Kieran Read, Aaron Cruden, Beauden Barrett, Conrad Smith etc. In either code there's a extremely solid foundation of players who will only ever play professionally in that code, the code switchers are a minority.

So who cares? Don't try sweeten a deal to get a player to jump ship, get your own house in order. Celebrate and reward the week in week out lads who dedicate themselves to that code, then if a supreme athlete wants to switch, let it be.

We seem to either be bitter about code switchers or place them in a higher realm where they need this and that. Code switchers are a unique breed, let em be and do as they please without taking it to heart.