NRL star Sam Burgess announces the arrival of his first child with fiancée Lucy Graham and reveals the newborn’s adorable name

NRL star Sam Burgess has welcomed his first child with his fiancée Lucy Graham.

The 34-year-old announced the exciting news on Channel Seven’s Sunrise on Friday, revealing the couple welcomed a baby girl named Robbie on Wednesday.

‘[It happened] during grand final week, we’re cheering. I‘m on very limited sleep and am getting used to that again but it’s great!‘ the proud father said.

He also told The Saturday Telegraph, he is ‘so proud’ of Lucy and both she and the baby are doing well.

‘I’m so proud of Lucy, she did amazing. Both my girls are amazing,’ the sports star said.

Sam also shares two children: daughter Poppy, six, and son Billy, four, with his ex-wife Phoebe Burgess.

They were married for four years before splitting in 2019. 

The former Rabbitohs player proposed to Lucy in June, just nine months after they went public with their relationship.

He previously revealed he was extremely nervous when he asked the Leeds hairdresser to marry him.

Appearing on Channel 7’s Sunrise shortly after arriving back in Australia, Sam was asked how he proposed to Lucy.

While he kept the details private, he said: ‘I was very nervous actually, I dropped the ball so to speak, it was a great day, a great time away, we are both very happy.’

Lucy recently made the decision to move Down Under from the UK permanently and it’s believed her pregnancy was the reason.

It was recently revealed that Lucy used to be a member of British girl group The Ultra Girls, who were featured heavily on The X Factor UK in 2009.