He has confirmed a switch of clubs.
Zane Musgrove, a free agency forward from the St. George Illawarra Dragons, has agreed to terms with the Warrington Wolves on a two-year contract.
The transfer will send the prop to England for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, when he will fill one of the international quota places for new coach Sam Burgess.
Burgess, who is preparing to head the Wolves for the first time, has been quoted as wanting to bolster the team with NRL talent.
Burgess and Musgrove were South Sydney teammates, and Musgrove, who has played in 78 NRL games for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Wests Tigers, and South Sydney Rabbitohs, expressed excitement about working with the new coach.
According to a club release, he remarked, “I’ve heard nothing but good things about the club and I’m really looking forward to getting over to the UK.”
“I’ll be working with Sam [Burgess] again, and that will be great because I believe he will bring out the best in me.
“I’ve been following the games and watching them, and I’ve been finding out more and more about the town and the Wire.
“The team has excellent players all around it, and I think that hanging out with them will make me my best self next year.
“I’m prepared to take on the task. I’m only 27 and believe that my greatest football is yet to come. I want to move in, establish my power, and prosper for Warrington under Sam.
Musgrove’s decision comes after the Dragons, who are getting ready to live under Shane Flanagan as their new coach, confirmed that he had been let go from the last year of his contract in red and white.
Another recent win for Warrington was the extension of Jason Demetriou’s contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, thereby ending any possibility of the Redfern-based team trying to replace Burgess in that position.
