With less than three weeks until the Super League season begins, Sam Burgess has returned to the UK and is now comfortably adjusting to his role as head coach of Warrington Wolves.The Wolves took a chance when they hired Burgess, an untested coach who has proven himself in Australia. The Wolves will open the 2024 season away against Catalans Dragons on February 17.During his playing career, Burgess only needed 76 Super League matches to earn a shot at the NRL; the South Sydney Rabbitohs gave him that chance in the Southern Hemisphere before to the 2010 season. With the exception of a brief period back in England and rugby union play with Bath, he spent the better part of ten years with the Rabbitohs, when he and brother Tom won the 2014 NRL Grand Final.The 35-year-old stayed on to become a member of the Rabbitohs coaching staff. Having adapted to his new position at Warrington, he feels that the two teams are similar.Australian rugby league football player Damien Cook represents the South Sydney Rabbitohs both internationally and in the NRL as a center and hooker.
