Sam Burgess

Sam Burgess
Burgess in 2013
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Burgess
Born (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 35)
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Height196 cm (6 ft 5 in)[1][2]
Weight116 kg (18 st 4 lb)[1]
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionLoose 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
PositionCentre, 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 33 24 0 9 73
Source: [4][5][6]
As of 29 Sep 2024
EducationHeckmondwike Grammar School
RelativesLuke Burgess (brother)
Tom Burgess (brother)
George Burgess (brother)

Samuel Burgess (born 14 December 1988) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Warrington Wolves in the 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]

  1. ^ a b Riley, George (17 February 2014). "Sam Burgess: Bath's recruit from rugby league can crack union". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Bath Rugby Official Website – 1st XV squad – Sam Burgess". Bath Rugby. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Sam Burgess v Tom Johnson in A-League". ESPN. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "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)
  7. ^ "Sam Burgess: England international forced to retire with shoulder injury". BBC Sport. 30 October 2019.