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Burgess still holds ambitions of being NRL head coach

Hall of Fame inductee Sam Burgess has his heart set on becoming a head coach in the NRL. (Toby Zerna/AAP PHOTOS)

Sam Burgess has declared he still has a burning desire to be a head coach in the NRL, with the South Sydney great taking weekly lessons from Wayne Bennett.

Burgess on Wednesday night became the first English international to enter the NRL's Hall of Fame, after a career headlined by the 2014 premiership.

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