{"id":559960,"date":"2026-05-01T04:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559960\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:55:20","slug":"warrington-wolves-ceo-drops-major-hint-on-sam-burgess-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559960\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrington Wolves CEO drops major hint on Sam Burgess future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warrington Wolves Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Karl Fitzpatrick has revealed \u2018preliminary talks\u2019 have taken place with off-contract head coach Sam Burgess, who would appear to be edging closer to inking a new deal.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/nrl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> and England legend Burgess admitted he was \u2018comfortable\u2019 at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, hinting that he\u2019d be more than happy to stick around.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old has been at Wire\u2019s helm since the start of the 2024 season, and has so far led them to back-to-back Challenge Cup finals as well as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/super-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super League<\/a> play-off semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the Wolves having enjoyed a blistering start to 2026, CEO Fitzpatrick has only enhanced belief that Burgess will remain in charge beyond the end of this season.<\/p>\n<p>Warrington CEO drops major hint on Sam Burgess future as contract talks revealed<\/p>\n<p>The Wire chief was asked about Burgess\u2019 future on the latest episode of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qdrPe1sGzDA&amp;list=PLvaePKu37xURwfsQz3libWdcVRh-XMhcO&amp;index=1\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports\u2019 The Bench podcast<\/a>, which he appeared on alongside Wigan Warriors counterpart Kris Radlinski ahead of last weekend\u2019s Super League clash between the pair.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking pitch side at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, Fitzpatrick said: \u201cWe\u2019ve had some preliminary discussions already.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSam\u2019s keen to stay. We\u2019ll just have to watch this space with that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burgess\u2019 side went on to beat Wigan 23-6, recording their sixth victory in eight Super League outings so far this term.<\/p>\n<p>The episode of the podcast came in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loverugbyleague.com\/club\/warrington-wolves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warrington<\/a> first-team coach Steve McNamara\u2019s departure to Hull FC ahead of 2027 being announced.<\/p>\n<p>FC are now without a head coach with John Cartwright effectively being placed on gardening leave, with Andy Last in interim charge. But Fitzpatrick insists nothing will change with McNamara, who will remain at the HJ until the end of this season.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cSteve\u2019s totally invested and focused on going out in style. It\u2019s really important for Steve that he sees out this season and sees it out in the right way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s had a really positive impact on the club and a really positive impact on Sam as well. Don\u2019t forget Sam\u2019s a young and relatively inexperienced coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019ve already seen the progress that Sam\u2019s been gaining from working with someone like Steve, who\u2019s a very good operator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re disappointed that we\u2019re losing Steve, but we understand the reasons why. I know he\u2019s very driven to go out on the right note.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH THE NEW EPISODE OF THE LRL PODCAST<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warrington Wolves Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Karl Fitzpatrick has revealed \u2018preliminary talks\u2019 have taken place with off-contract head&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-559960","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\/559960","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=559960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}