SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 17: Sam Burgess addresses the media during a South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL media opportunity at Redfern Oval on September 17, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Sam Powell: Wigan Warriors home comforts are left behind for the upcoming chapter as a new Warrington Wolves signing
Sam Powell, 31, is starting over in 2024 as he departs from his hometown team, the Wigan Warriors, to play for rivals Warrington Wolves. Powell last played for Wigan as a member of their 2023 Grand Final squad. Watch all of the Super League games live on Sky Sports in 2024.
It had almost got to a point where it was difficult to imagine Sam Powell wearing anything other than a Wigan Warriors shirt in the Betfred Super League, let alone pulling on the colours of one of their most bitter rivals.
Yet that will be the case from next season after the hooker agreed the short move down the M6 to Warrington Wolves, bringing to a close 15 years at his hometown club which began with him joining Wigan’s academy as a 16-year-old and ended with October’s Grand Final triumph.
With the exception of brief loan stints with the South Wales Scorpions and Workington Town in the early stages of his professional career, Powell has spent his entire career with the Warriors, amassing 273 appearances across all competitions and participating in two Grand Final victories.
