Sam Burgess spends Mother’s Day with grandmother Valerie

Seen for the first time in public since pleading guilty to drug driving, Sam Burgess was the picture of a doting grandson on Mother’s Day.

Seen for the first time in public since pleading guilty to drug driving, Sam Burgess was the picture of a doting grandson on Mother’s Day.

The retired NRL star spent yesterday morning treating family matriarch Valerie to brunch at the Tropicana cafe in Coogee.

Sam Burgess has been spotted in public for the first time since pleading guilty to drug driving — having brunch with his grandmother Valerie.

The two at the Tropicana cafe in Coogee.

After enjoying a bite to eat, the two then walked arm-in-arm to the beach.

Burgess adores his grandmother, posting a selfie with her to Instagram on New Year’s Day captioned “what a trooper … still powering on.”

Sam Burgess with his grandmother Valerie in January.

Last week he pleaded guilty to driving with traces of cocaine present in his saliva. Magistrate Mark Douglass told Moss Vale Local Court Burgess had shown remorse and contrition

He placed Burgess on a nine-month conditional release order in relation to the drug matter and fined him $581 for each of two traffic offences. He pleaded guilty to driving without a NSW licence and driving while unregistered. No conviction was recorded.