\n His terms are currently due to run out at the end of this season, his third as head coach after replacing Daryl Powell.\n<\/p>\n
\n The 37-year-old has steered The Wire to a Super League semi-final and two Challenge Cup Finals over that time, although the league campaign was a disappointing one in 2025 albeit with some mitigation around a high injury count.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m really enjoying it at Warrington, we\u2019re having a great time. My family are really settled and we\u2019re loving our time at the club,\u201d said Burgess, who is in his first head coach appointment.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had a couple of early discussions. I have a great relationship with Simon (Moran, owner), so it\u2019ll be one of those where we\u2019ll go for dinner one night and we\u2019ll talk something out.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut for now we\u2019re just getting on with business. I\u2019m pretty comfortable and I\u2019m really enjoying my time here so we\u2019ll see what happens over the next couple of weeks.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He had been in the mix for the head coach role with new NRL club Perth Bears for 2027 but Mal Meninga was appointed after the interview process was completed last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is likely that club chiefs, and Burgess himself, are maintaining a watching brief on how the season continues to unfold before commitments are made.\n<\/p>\n
\n So far, Wire have won seven out of the eight matches they have played in Super League and the Challenge Cup in 2026.\n<\/p>\n
\n And they sit top of the table, with a game in hand, as they prepare to face Leigh Leopards in the Challenge Cup semi-finals this Saturday.\n<\/p>\n
\n Beyond the results, Burgess\u2019 willingness to hand appearances to the club\u2019s young stars that have risen through the Scholarship and Academy ranks is known to be well received at the top level internally.\n<\/p>\n
\n There has been continued speculation around Burgess being in the mix for the part-time England job for the World Cup this autumn and he was asked if taking on that additional appointment would sway him to stay on these shores rather than returning to Australia, where he became a playing legend with South Sydney Rabbitohs.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019m English, I love England and I\u2019m in no hurry to get back to Australia. The hard thing about being here is that I have two older kids in Australia \u2013 that\u2019s the hard reality of it,\u201d said Burgess.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLike I said, we\u2019re really enjoying ourselves in England. It helps that we\u2019re winning games.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWarrington\u2019s a wonderful club and I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for Simon and he\u2019s been wonderful with me here.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ll work something out but for now we\u2019re pretty calm, we\u2019re all settled, we\u2019ve got a good understanding of each other.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIn time we\u2019ll talk.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Asked about his relationship with the club\u2019s owner, he said: \u201cSimon\u2019s really passionate about the club.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe\u2019s a very busy man with (his business) SJM so he\u2019s not here day to day but he\u2019s across everything. He\u2019s a very passionate Warrington fan. I respect who he is. He\u2019s a top guy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n And then asked if he wants the England job, which has become vacant after Shaun Wane stepped away earlier this year, he said: \u201cI\u2019m passionate about English rugby league and England as a country, and especially the World Cup is in Australia.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI\u2019ve actually not thought about it too deeply. When you ask me about it, I\u2019m excited.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what the process is or what\u2019s happening at the moment. I guess in time we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Asked if he\u2019d applied formally, he said: \u201cNo, nothing\u2019s formalised.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His terms are currently due to run out at the end of this season, his third as head…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-522278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}