Jon Wilkin has bold say on Sam Burgess appointment

Warrington Wolves shocked the world appointing Sam Burgess this week replacing former Leeds Rhinos and Castleford Tigers boss Daryl Powell.

The two feel like polar opposites. Powell arrived at Warrington with masses of experience and three Challenge Cup Final appearances, a League Leaders’ Shield and a Grand Final appearance to his name.

He also started the golden generation at Leeds Rhinos. Sam Burgess meanwhile is as accomplished as anyone on the pitch but this is his first Head Coach role and that makes it a gamble.

So with it being a big gamble, Sky Sports pundit Jon Wilkin has had his say on this shock appointment.

“Yeah I think for Warrington, they have all the resources and have thrown a lot of money at doing well,” he said.

“I think in terms of coaches, they have a track record, they have tried those people and it hasn’t worked for them.

“The last example being Daryl Powell so I understand what they’re doing. They have appointed someone with limited experience as a coach who is a figure head and a huge ambassador for our sport.

“He has no experience, but if I was a Warrington fan I would be excited by it.

“You know what we do, in the media we are guilty if it works out it’s a great appointment and if it doesn’t it’s terrible. Let’s just see what happens because he knows enough about the game to be a good coach and he wouldn’t take the job if he wasn’t confident he could do it.”