Inside the deal as Sam Burgess reveals how he landed Warrington Wolves job

Sam Burgess was a shock appointment but he has had a stellar first season at Warrington Wolves and the Englishman has now revealed exactly how he came to land the job.

When Daryl Powell was sacked after losing his seventh game in a row and overseeing Warrington’s slide down the Super League table, the club took their head coach search to Australia.

It had been assumed that was where they found Sam Burgess, however, Burgess has now revealed it was actually him who approached Warrington and not the other way round.

Speaking in the aftermath of his new one-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2026 season, Burgess told Eddie Hemmings on Hemmings’ podcast that he’d approached Warrington’s owner Simon Moran.

Sam Burgess explained: “No, I rang Simon Moran. I rang Simon and I told him I could help the club. I told him I believed that I could break the drought.”

That drought Burgess references is currently at 69 years with Warrington Wolves famously not winning the league since 1955, despite playing in four Super League Grand Finals.

How Sam Burgess landed the Warrington Wolves job

Burgess’ name broke as a contender for the job quite early on with him and Justin Holbrook among the bookies’ favourites but Warrington went with Burgess, something he claimed happened very quickly after texting Moran.

“I don’t know if she took me seriously to begin with, but as the next day passed I shot him another message and told him I was serious,” Sam Burgess explained on The Eddie and Stevo Podcast.

“I knew it was a bit of a long shot because I’m a young coach and nobody knows too much about my coaching credentials, but I believed I could cut through to the playing group so we sat down and had a formal interview.

“It moved pretty quick. No one had to sell me anything, I know about Warrington, I’ve known Simon for a number of years, probably 10-15 years. Not as close as I know Russell, but I’ve known him through Russell.

“I know how passionate about the club he is, so I just called him directly and that’s where it started really.”

Just two weeks after landing the Warrington Wolves job, Sam Burgess left his role with South Sydney Rabbitohs, something he’s now set the record straight upon, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Warrington face London Broncos this weekend with Burgess’ side aiming to get back to winning ways after losing to Hull KR on Friday.