{"id":176807,"date":"2025-10-03T05:57:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/176807\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:57:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:57:16","slug":"warrington-wolves-back-to-square-one-as-sam-burgess-addresses-discipline-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/176807\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrington Wolves ‘back to square one’ as Sam Burgess addresses discipline issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warrington Wolves will go \u2018back to square one\u2019 in 2026 as they look to rediscover their form, whilst Sam Burgess has also addressed the club\u2019s discipline issues.<\/p>\n

Burgess made his comments in a season review posted on the Warrington Wolves\u2019 YouTube<\/a> channel, a 10-minute video that saw him discuss the \u2018disappointing aspects\u2019 of 2025 as well as some of the lessons learned.<\/p>\n

Obviously, not making the play-offs and regressing from third to eighth was among the biggest disappointments<\/a> whilst some of the positives noted included the promotion of youth, whilst the academy side\u2019s unbeaten season and Grand Final victory<\/a> were other obvious points to build on.<\/p>\n

Despite those \u2018green shoots\u2019 that Burgess mentioned, there\u2019s no hiding from the fact that Warrington Wolves underperformed and the head coach has admitted that his side must go \u2018back to square one\u2019, and embrace what made them such a force in year one.<\/p>\n

He explained: \u201cRegardless of what happened in my first year, I\u2019m disappointed with the second year. Some of the lessons that I\u2019ve learnt will mean I\u2019m a much better coach in my third year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Some things weren\u2019t acceptable\u2019 explains Warrington Wolves boss as 2025 disciplinary issues addressed<\/p>\n

Warrington did have bad injury luck with three players suffering season-ending ACL injuries, including England star Matty Ashton, up-and-coming outside back Arron Lindop, and young playmaker Oli Leyland.<\/p>\n

Whilst injuries were noted, Burgess refused them as an excuse before also discussing other issues at the club that hadn\u2019t gone as Wire would have hoped.<\/p>\n

Player discipline was touched upon with some senior Warrington players such as Matt Dufty and Toby King stood down in 2025 for disciplinary matters, whilst Zane Musgrove was released from the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On discipline, Burgess admitted that \u2018some things weren\u2019t acceptable\u2019, adding: \u201cI think it\u2019s something we need to be harder on as a club from top down to bottom. When things are going well and you\u2019re winning, you can sort of skim over a few things but standards should be set by players.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the head coach, I have what we call acceptable and not acceptable and then it\u2019s up to the players to be policing that. We\u2019ll put a big ownership on developing some of our leaders internally and then keeping our standards high through the pre-season.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for 2026 and what the goals are, there are two simple ones and they are \u2018absolute improvement from 2025\u2019 and to create a team that Warrington, as a town, can be proud of with Burgess admitting his side fell short of that at times.<\/p>\n

He declared: \u201cWe want absolute improvement from 2025. I\u2019ve always liked to coach a team that the fans can be proud of and I dare say that some weeks, they weren\u2019t, in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be going back to square one, getting our effort and determination right and success will look like a team that the town can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serious About Rugby League has launched a brand new podcast which can be watched in full on our\u00a0YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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