It pays to have friends in high places – just ask Sam Burgess.

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The South Sydney Rabbitohs player, 30, has been seeking solace at his good friend Anthony Bell's $11.5 million Dover Heights mansion following his high-profile split from wife Phoebe in December.

However, the English lock is now said to be getting ready to move out of Bell's 1000-square metre home with panoramic ocean views, five bedrooms and a swimming pool, and back in with Phoebe and their two children Poppy, 2, and Billy, eight weeks, after he spent the weekend at their $3.8 million Maroubra home on up-market Lurline Street.