{"id":711063,"date":"2026-07-25T21:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711063\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T21:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:12:11","slug":"what-sam-burgess-said-after-warrington-wolves-ill-disciplined-loss-to-leigh-leopards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/711063\/","title":{"rendered":"What Sam Burgess said after Warrington Wolves&#8217; ill-disciplined loss to Leigh Leopards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2400\" height=\"1701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AMM_1211.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Warrington Wolves boss Sam Burgess cut a frustrated figure after his side lost to Leigh Leopards in an ill-disciplined performance that saw them lack control.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-major-injury-fear-sin-bins-lachlan-lam-and-more-talking-points-as-leigh-leopards-win-feisty-affair-against-warrington-wolves-117111\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leigh won 28-10<\/a> with the Leopards comfortable for large parts of the game, though Burgess claimed that it was a scoreline that didn\u2019t reflect how tight the match was.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking post-match to Sky Sports, Burgess admitted: \u201cIt\u2019s one of those games. I thought the scoreline probably didn\u2019t reflect the game, or how tight the game was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey started fast and put some points on us early and I think we should have been 12 down but we were and then we wrestled our way back into the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cFrustration is probably not the word. In that second half, I thought we started with great spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just couldn\u2019t get any points, and then after the sin binning, I think we conceded five penalties, we completed 56% in the second half, so it was pretty tricky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warrington Wolves with plenty to tidy up<\/p>\n<p>That ill-discipline went further as Leon Hayes was sin binned meaning Warrington were unable to take advantage of Josh Charnley\u2019s sin bin, and from that point on Leigh extended their lead and took control.<\/p>\n<p>    Most Read on Serious About Rugby League<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he felt that it was more a case of ill discipline or just the \u2018rub of the green\u2019 going against them, Burgess wouldn\u2019t be sucked in to comment.<\/p>\n<p>He responded: \u201cI\u2019m not going to comment on those things. You know how I feel about all of that but it\u2019s just the way it goes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMomentum changes and things just didn\u2019t go our way. We didn\u2019t handle it very well and then we\u2019re chasing a scoreboard, (and with) 56% completion it\u2019s too hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very proud of my team, plenty of effort, just we\u2019ve got a bit to tidy up, but we\u2019ll be sore after today, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for how he feels his side are sat for the final run-in, Burgess gave a short and sweet answer: \u201cYeah, good. Looking forward to the run home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Huge <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LeighLeopardsRL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@LeighLeopardsRL<\/a> win \ud83d\udc06<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SuperLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SuperLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QwysV0uktg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QwysV0uktg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SuperLeague\/status\/2081083240127799508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783977013_96_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warrington Wolves boss Sam Burgess cut a frustrated figure after his side lost to Leigh Leopards in an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-711063","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\/711063","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=711063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}