Rabittohs take chaos in stride

SOUTH Sydney skipper Sam Burgess has wasted no time putting an end to the Anthony Seibold era at Redfern, declaring: “Seibold’s not my coach — we move on.”

Burgess also opened up about a spray he received from new South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett after representing England in the 2016 Four Nations final against Australia.

Burgess fronted the media yesterday — a day after Bennett was finally confirmed as Rabbitohs coach for the next three years.

While admitting to being confused during the coaching uncertainty, Burgess said Rabbitohs players had to push forward and erase any “emotion”.

“What can you say? It’s a business and it moves quickly,” Burgess said.

“As players, we have to move on quickly (because) sometimes you deal with too much emotion and you get too attached.

“You have to learn to let go quick and grab hold of what’s coming in even quicker.

“It is a business. As of today, we have Wayne Bennett. As of today, Seibold’s not my coach.

“We move on. It’s been up and down, to and from, over the last couple of weeks.

“A couple of weeks ago I was preparing for Wayne. Last week I was preparing with Seibs. Saturday, Sunday, I spent preparing with Seibold. Today I’m preparing with Wayne.

“It’s been a bit of a yoyo. Listen, I mean, it’s probably the first time in my career that I’ve not known what’s going on.

“Generally, I have a good idea but I had no idea. Now we know where we’re at, we’ve definitely got Wayne.”

Bennett is expected to arrive in Sydney today and immediately introduce himself to Souths players and coaching staff.

Burgess said the players were relieved the coaching fiasco had ended.

“As senior players, all we can be is calm around the squad. We’ve smiled about it, we’ve joked about it, we’ve trained hard.

“He (Bennett) is iconic in the game.”