{"id":646651,"date":"2026-06-19T05:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/646651\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:29:11","slug":"sam-burgess-gives-verdict-after-tough-to-watch-warrington-wolves-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/646651\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Burgess gives verdict after \u2018tough to watch\u2019 Warrington Wolves performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Warrington Wolves boss Sam Burgess has admitted that parts of his sides defeat to Leeds Rhinos were \u2018tough to watch\u2019 with Wire missing out on a chance to go top of Super League.<\/p>\n

Leeds ran in six tries, three in each half, as they won 34-6 against a Warrington side<\/a> who offered very little in attack at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.<\/p>\n

Maika Sivo scored three as he continued his rampaging run of try-scoring with five of Leeds\u2019 six tries coming against Warrington\u2019s right edge.<\/p>\n

Speaking post-match on Sky Sports, Burgess admitted:\u00a0\u201cParts of it were tough to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Assessing where the game went wrong, he said: \u201cI thought we lost three moments in the first half. They had a great bit of a trick play, score points early and then Ash Hamley beat Josh Smith to score the other try and then Harry Newman out-competed Josh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the 16 points in the first half. Other than that, I thought parts of it were okay but we missed some big moments which we\u2019ve been pretty good at.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the way it goes against a good team. In the second half, they made us pay. They were just a far greater side. They played very expansive and a lot of the ball stuck for them and we struggled to control it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burgess even conceded: \u201cI\u2019m actually grateful the scoreline stayed as it is because we know they can pause points and I thought they were very, very good tonight. We just missed the mark a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Back to the drawing board for Warrington Wolves, claims Sam Burgess<\/p>\n

Despite such a heavy defeat and forfeiting the opportunity to go top of Super League, the Warrington boss explained why he wasn\u2019t frustrated about the defeat, pointing to the fact that the Wolves will learn plenty.<\/p>\n

Burgess said: \u201cI\u2019m okay. We\u2019ll learn a lot tonight, I think, especially our young halves will learn a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a bit of a field position early but we looked a little bit flustered early and then the scoreboard didn\u2019t help us. We\u2019ll learn something out of it for sure. I\u2019m not frustrated because there was a lot of effort, believe it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cAs I said, a few moments in the first half and a little bit of scoreboard pressure. Leeds are a team that can really make you pay and they did in the second half, we\u2019ll go back to the dry board and have to get going again for next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Maika Sivo, Burgess was asked how he would have handled the Fijian, to which he bluntly said: \u201cWell, I\u2019m not a winger so I don\u2019t know. He\u2019s hard to handle, he\u2019s a big guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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