England international dual-code rugby footballer & rugby league coach
Sam Burgess
Burgess in 2013
Personal information
Full name
Samuel Burgess
Born
(1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 35) Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Height
196 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1][2]
Weight
116 kg (18 st 4 lb)[1]
Playing information
Rugby league
Position
Loose forward, Prop, Second-row
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2006–09
Bradford Bulls
88
17
5
0
78
2010–14
South Sydney
96
26
0
0
104
2016–19
South Sydney
86
18
0
0
72
Total
270
61
5
0
254
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2007
Great Britain
2
1
0
0
4
2008–19
England
24
8
0
0
32
2010–19
NRL All Stars
1
0
0
0
0
Rugby union
Position
Centre, Back row[3]
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2014–15
Bath
21
4
0
0
20
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
2015
England Saxons
1
0
0
0
0
2015
England
5
0
0
0
0
Coaching information
Club
Years
Team
Gms
W
D
L
W%
2024–
Warrington Wolves
12
9
0
3
75
Source: [4][5][6]
As of 5 May 2024
Samuel Burgess (born 14 December 1988) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Warrington Wolves in the Betfred Super League, and former professional rugby league footballer who played as a loose forward, prop or second-row forward in the 2000s and 2010s.
He played in England for the Bradford Bulls in the Super League and in Australia for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. The Rabbitohs won the 2014 NRL Premiership, the club's first in 43 years, and Burgess was named winner of the Clive Churchill Medal for man of the match in the Grand Final.[4][5][6] he played for Great Britain and England at international level.
In late 2014, Burgess switched codes to play rugby union for Bath. He was called up to the England national team in August 2015, becoming a dual-code international, and was a member of England's squad for their unsuccessful 2015 Rugby Union World Cup campaign, before returning to rugby league for the 2016 NRL season.
On 30 October 2019, Burgess announced his retirement due to a shoulder injury.[7]
^ abRiley, George (17 February 2014). "Sam Burgess: Bath's recruit from rugby league can crack union". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
^"Bath Rugby Official Website – 1st XV squad – Sam Burgess". Bath Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
^"Sam Burgess v Tom Johnson in A-League". ESPN. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ ab"Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ ab"Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ ab"England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"Sam Burgess: England international forced to retire with shoulder injury". BBC Sport. 30 October 2019.
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a sledging battle with Souths captain SamBurgess who said to Lewis that he would be “Found Out”. When Burgess would target the smaller Lewis, who is...
including Ryan Sheridan, Matt Diskin, Dean Lawford, SamBurgess, Luke Burgess, George Burgess and Tom Burgess. There are two schools, Knowles Hill Infant and...
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Rabbitohs' first grade, reserve grade, and women's sides. John Sutton and SamBurgess share the record for most medals won, with three apiece. Several additional...
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and beyond, but the Rabbitohs had to deal with England international SamBurgess being ruled out for the season, as well as the news of halfback Chris...
(2010) Glenn Stewart (2011) Cooper Cronk (2012) Daly Cherry-Evans (2013) SamBurgess (2014) Johnathan Thurston (2015) Luke Lewis (2016) Billy Slater (2017)...
Ground(s) Halliwell Jones Stadium (15,300) Chairman Stuart Middleton Coach SamBurgess Captain Stefan Ratchford Competition Super League 2023 Season 6th Current...
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Tamou proved himself the man for the job". NRL.com. 17 April 2019. "SamBurgess appointed as Rabbitohs captain". Rabbitohs.com.au. 18 April 2019. "2019...
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