{"id":144678,"date":"2025-09-15T10:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/144678\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:07:10","slug":"sex-columnist-jana-hocking-finally-lifts-the-lid-on-her-fling-with-nrl-star-sam-burgess-it-came-about-in-the-craziest-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/144678\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex columnist Jana Hocking FINALLY lifts the lid on her fling with NRL star Sam Burgess: ‘It came about in the craziest way’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MEGAN WATTS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 04:09 EDT, 15 September 2025 | Updated: 04:15 EDT, 15 September 2025 <\/p>\n

Jana Hocking<\/a> is finally spilling the beans on what really happened with rugby star Sam Burgess<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sex columnist, who was photographed leaving a bar with Sam in 2021, revealed on her\u00a0KIIS FM radio show Saucy Secrets that she had enjoyed ‘special cuddles’ with the footy-star-turned-coach, 36, after he accused her of writing a story about him.<\/p>\n

‘I have slept with Sam Burgess – and it came about in the craziest way,’ she began.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The media personality went on to reveal that she had been at a bar in King’s Cross with her friends when she was approached by Sam, who had just been in court settling his divorce with his ex-wife Phoebe Hooke.<\/p>\n

‘He was with his lawyer Bryan and he spotted me,’ she said.<\/p>\n

Jana had recently written an article titled “Why I’ll never date football players again” about her former fling and rugby star Todd Carney.<\/p>\n

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Jana Hocking (right) is finally spilling the beans on what really happened with rugby star Sam Burgess (left)<\/p>\n

However, the piece happened to come out around the same time Sam was going through the high-profile divorce ‘where his wife took him to town saying what a terrible guy he was,’ Jana said.<\/p>\n

Things became heated when the former Rabbitohs star angrily accused Jana of falsely writing the article about him and her friends piped up in her defence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The footy star immediately felt bad about the accusation and proceeded to buy the girls a tray of shots as an apology.<\/p>\n

‘It just took off from there,’ Jana confessed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, what the pair didn’t know was that they were being photographed together while mingling in the bar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We didn’t know we were being papped so then we of course left the bar together – because I’m not not gonna hook up with a 6 ft 3, dreamy giant.<\/p>\n

‘The next morning he dropped me off at my apartment and then I got a call from a journalist saying, “we know you were at a bar with Sam Burgess last night”.’<\/p>\n

Despite Jana denying the tryst, the photos were published by the Sunday Telegraph.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The sex columnist, who was photographed leaving a bar with Sam in 2021, revealed on her KIIS FM radio show Saucy Secrets that she had enjoyed ‘special cuddles’ with the footy-star-turned-coach<\/p>\n

She added: ‘They didn’t get the worst pictures because we were all over each other in that bar but I was wearing joggers! Why was I wearing joggers?’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sam is now happily married to Lucy Burgess.<\/a><\/p>\n

The couple share a son, Robbie, together and are currently expecting their second child.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pair wed in October 2024 during a lavish Italian wedding after two years of dating.<\/p>\n

The British footballer was formerly married to influencer Phoebe Burgess for four years before they split in 2019.<\/a><\/p>\n

The former couple share two children together – a son, Billy, and a daughter, Poppy.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

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