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The scoreline didn’t tell the true story in the eyes of Sam Burgess after his Warrington Wolves side beat Hull KR 34-28. He’s perhaps right in that given that the Robins scored two tries in the final two minutes, to make what looked to be an embarrassing defeat a somewhat respectable one, but it’s fair to say that Rovers were well off the mark over the course of the game. That was also a result of just how impressive Warrington were with the Wolves confirming themselves as serious Grand Final contenders with their performance, particularly that of George Williams. Back in his second game after four months off following neck surgery, Williams appears not to have missed a beat and he put in a Man of the Match performance, scoring one and creating another, but Burgess was eager to praise the team as a collective. Speaking post-match on Sky Sports, Burgess said of his skipper: “I’m happy and roud of the team. We didn’t have it our way for parts of it and had couple of niggles. “We lost Josh [Thewlis] and Toff [Toafofoa Sipley]. We’ll reassess, see how we go, but I’m proud of the spirit. It’s a hard place to come at the best of times, and proud of our effort and physicality.” NRL lowball Super League, Hull FC’s gargantuan signing, and new title favourites – Click here to watch this week’s episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show Warrington Wolves reshuffle commended by head coach On the result, he admitted that the scoreline wasn’t necessarily reflective as he explained how the injuries caused reshuffles that ultimately led to Ben Currie, who was playing his 300th Super League game, featuring in the halves. Burgess explained: “I thought we put a lot of work in the first half, but I thought the scoreline probably didn’t reflect the game, I don’t think in the first half, and fair to say in the second half, I don’t think it does either. “I thought we dominated a lot of areas, but the collective effort, I thought everyone did their jobs. “I had Ben Currie in the halves and [Ewan] Irwin back fullback, so a little bit of disruption, but we seemed to grow in that situation, so it’s a good sign.” Burgess also had to leave the coaching box to coach from pitchside, something he put down to mixed messaging over the reshuffle: “There was a lot of confusion around roles and who’s where, and the message kept getting lost. Toby King went to fullback, and he wasn’t too happy about that. He’s a guy that doesn’t need to think too much, and I think he was overthinking so we made a change to put Ewan there and just made sure defensively we were in the right places.” As for the big injury fear of Josh Thewlis, who has only recently returned, Burgess admitted that there was little known over the severity of the hamstring injury. “It’s one of those. We don’t know. He said he’s never done one before, so again, just reassess, and hopefully it’s nothing too long or serious. “He’s obviously a big part of our group, so hopefully it’s not too bad of a time at all because he’s been pretty effective for us as well last month or so.” NRL lowball Super League, Hull FC’s gargantuan signing, and new title favourites – Click here to watch this week’s episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show Statement of intent from the Wolves 🐺#SuperLeague pic.twitter.com/YCjOT3xNuN — Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) August 18, 2026