Former NRL player Sam Burgess hits Coogee beach with his kids

Former NRL player Sam Burgess was spotted at Coogee Beach, enjoying a moment of sunshine with his two children.

A year out of retirement, Sam Burgess still has the rig of a professional rugby league player.

The doting father was snapped at Coogee Beach on Monday, enjoying a moment of sunshine with his two young children, Poppy, three, and Billy, two.

Wearing sushi print Budgie Smuggler swimmers, the ripped 32-year-old former Rabbitohs star player shares custody of the kids with ex wife Phoebe.

Sam Burgess at Coogee Beach with children, Poppy and Billy.

Burgess is based in Coogee while his influencer ex lives in the Southern Highlands at her parents estate there.

It is understood Burgess has custody from Monday to Wednesday.

The Daily Telegraph this week revealed the couple’s divorce paperwork was finalised over Christmas.

Happier times: Sam and now ex wife Phoebe Burgess at the 2016 Dally M Awards at Star City on September 28, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. Picture: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Sam Burgess with his children. Picture: Instagram

They were married in December 2015 and separated in October 2019.

Expat Brit Burgess retired from rugby league at the end of 2019 after a career-ending shoulder injury.

The former couple remain embroiled in a bitter court battle after Burgess was charged with intimidation and a back-up charge of common assault against Phoebe’s father Mitch Hooke following an alleged verbal altercation at the Hooke family property.

Burgess pleaded not guilty with the matter heard in November and scheduled to resume at Moss Vale Local Court on January 22.