Sam and Phoebe Burgess finalise divorce over Christmas

The five-year marriage between the Souths NRL star and his influencer wife officially came to an end over Christmas when the divorce papers between the two were finalised

The one-time fairytale relationship of NRL star Sam Burgess and ex Phoebe is officially over.

The Daily Telegraph understands that it was just before Christmas that a divorce order was issued, 14 months after the couple separated.

From start to finish, the marriage lasted just five years almost to the day with the couple having wed in December 2015.

Sam Burgess and Phoebe Hooke on their wedding day in 2015.

Neither party would comment when contacted.

The couple have two children — a daughter named Poppy, who turns four this month, and a one-year-old son, Billy.

Financials from the separation were sorted in April. They sold their Lurline Bay, Maroubra, home for $5 million last January, registering a profit of $1.2 million on what they bought it for in 2016.

Burgess, 31, also owned an F45 gym in Bowral, which was put into Phoebe’s name as part of the settlement and sold not long after for $250,000.

Phoebe, who worked as a junior in magazines before embarking on an influencer career, also kept her Range Rover SDVA, estimated to be worth about $100,000.

Phoebe is based in Bowral with the couple’s two young children, living at her parents’ estate there.

Phoebe Burgess with her children on social media. Picture: Instagram.

When in Sydney, she stays in Bellevue Hill, where her father — former Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Mitchell Hooke — owns a two-bedroom apartment.

Burgess meanwhile lives in a rented apartment in Coogee with his brother Luke and still owns a two-bedroom apartment in Little Bay, where his mother Julie lives.

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

Sam Burgess with Poppy and Billy at Coogee Beach in December. Picture: Instagram

It has been a difficult path to divorce for the pair, who 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 and the matter was heard in November and is scheduled to resume at Moss Vale Local Court on January 22.

One of Phoebe Burgess’s posts on her heartbreak.

Another one of the images on Phoebe’s account.

Last week, days after Christmas, Phoebe shared a series of personal images to social media, referring to one as the lowest point in life.

In what looks to be around the time of the couple’s separation, she captioned an image of herself holding her young daughter while heavily pregnant in response to a request for a photo at her “lowest when nobody knew”.

In another shot, holding her second born, baby son, Billy, with her eyes looking like she had been crying was captioned with “heartbreak”.