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Love him or hate him, Bennett could have a great career in media training as there are none better! 😂

He also makes a bit of sense too when it comes to expansion talk. Does the NRL want to jump in and offer him a job next year…. head of expansions, head of referees, head of NRL, take your pick!?

Last week? This Week? Next week? Classic Bennett presser leaves more questions than answers on Souths future

Here’s a left field idea. Parramatta, get Bennett and Cheika together. Bennett gets 2 years with Cheika as assistant and head coach to follow as is happening at the Dolphins.

The big step back Cheika needs to take if he ever wants to snare an NRL coaching gig

Shaylee Bent is from Penrith and whilst there isn’t a team yet, she might want to take David home to the riff and find a NSW team until the Panthers possibly join the NRLW in 2026

NRL News: Ivan clearly impressed with 'marquee' Fifita, 'I've done nothing wrong - Gus calls in lawyer over fine

Manly in the second half played like wet toilet paper and stunk like it too. Just incredible

'We got what we deserved': Manly's epic choke as Raiders come back from 20-0 down to secure boilover win

Solly needs to talk publicly a lot less. As reported in this article he’s said “We want to give Ben and the coaching staff the time to develop some of our younger players who we’re starting to see come through”. How do the senior players such as Cook feel about the CEO telling the interim coach to give the young guys more game time, presumably over the time they would usually expect and what about next year for them

NRL News: Cheika hires agent to sound out Souths, Gus cops huge fine after 'our game is stupid' rant

I’m not counting coaches currently with clubs and presumably on contract next year… but yes, he’d be a great choice.

The question Bennett needs to address before deciding if he wants to return to Rabbitohs

Assuming Bennett says no to Souths and Solly has stated “We’re not going to go with a coach who hasn’t coached first-team football before” then whose left that has NRL coaching experience? All I can hope is Plan B is not Anthony Griffin!!

The question Bennett needs to address before deciding if he wants to return to Rabbitohs

Call me naive, but surely the argument can be solved by making it illegal to have more than two defenders make initial contact. Many knock outs appear to be caused by the third defender interfering with or taking up needed positional space of their teammates.

Slow train (still) coming: James Graham's 'unrealistic and naïve' take ignores realities of the modern world

Not a bad line up. I’d switch up a few positions with Gray at 1, Wighton at 6, Walker at 7

'Success hasn't been forthcoming': Souths sack Demetriou after fractured board eventually decides time's up

If the coach and captain are off him then it may be a few weeks suspension and a long stint in reserves

Gutho fumes at 'stupid' Sivo as Parra throw away lead to lose AGAIN - but should Manly worry about Haumole?

If he wins it would change player training methods in all sports as this would set a precedence that this method of training or punishment is not ok and there would be financial repercussions against your club if they too were sued

NRL News: Warriors sign rookie Jett, Topine sues Dogs for $4m over 'psychiatric injury' from wrestling punishment

If he was born in NZ then he’s going home. Now imagine a world where an Aus vs NZ test features N Cleary for Aus VS J Cleary for NZ

NRL News: Warriors sign rookie Jett, Topine sues Dogs for $4m over 'psychiatric injury' from wrestling punishment

Details in the article says Stefano has “a clause in his contract that allows him to veto the final season of his deal if he doesn’t play two more matches for NSW or if the the Tigers miss out on the finals yet again.”

Blues Origin predicted team: Huge blow for NSW and Bunnies with Murray out long term

The important question is why Newcastle thought Ponga could play with a hip pointer injury in the first place? The foot injury is a blessing to Ponga that he can get the hip right and not play with needles and pain each week

NRL Round 8 Team Lists Late Mail: Injury causes Dragons reshuffle, Cleary back, Broncos' mixed news, Eels blood new half

It’s Hammer time 😁

NRL Round 8 Team Lists Late Mail: Injury causes Dragons reshuffle, Cleary back, Broncos' mixed news, Eels blood new half

A week for Hetherington is light!! What if his punch got Mahoney in the face or incited an all in brawl. This pathetic suspension will only encourage other players to try it on in the tunnel, expecting similar light punishment.

NRL Round 7 judiciary: Knight gets ban for tunnel brawl, Tigers star facing ban, Roosters duo charged

So Brad Arthur said his team gave up and some players weren’t making tough choices… what has Brad Arthur been doing with the team and recruitment the last 10 years then!?

'We gave up': Under pressure Arthur rages at 'part-time footy team' Parra as undermanned Dolphins run riot

Tigers playing Poker going all in with a pair of 2s and hoping the river goes their way 🥊

The Fish that broke the Panthers’ back: Dynasty in danger with JFH the biggest blow in long list of star departures

It’s a strong squad and could be deadly with Taulagi out and Ponga in with a licence to come in off the wing and to interchange with Walsh at fullback if Walsh needs a breather.

Injury-hit Maroons won’t panic over Origin selections but just sit back and laugh at Blues’ hullabaloo

Good squad and agree a few changes needed to the authors suggested line up. My pick would be Can McInnes over Hynes so you have cover at dummy half (+ rotation), lock, second row which he can cover well. I’d also have Best over Turbo + Lomax over Fox being a bigger body and more utility value

Wild idea but Blues should actually pick Origin team on form this time around - and that means Tedesco’s time is up

To my opinion, my only dislike of Gutho is the way he seems to lose control when the team are down; yelling at teammates more, taking over halves duty and generally derailing the team by not showing leadership under pressure.

NRL Round 6 Talking Points: Concussion sub needs a fix, learning about 'disruption', why does everyone hate Gutho?

Talking about Wayne having assistant coaches ready to take over, the Phins approach is likely to be more successful than JD given Woolf has been head coach in England and for Tonga. He is not unfamiliar with the whole job as JD was.

Wayne Bennett is back on top ahead of Brisbane battle - and he'll be happy to let the Souths chatter continue

But only wash down after the blood of a few players who need to be put in line are added to the mess

NRL News: Schuster granted personal leave, Mal expresses Souths interest as Demetriou fights to save job

If only Souths had an alternative 5/8 in their team… possibly a 5/8 who won the Dally M only a few years ago… imagine if they centred their thoughts and looked wide (but not far) for an alternative 5/8….

Rabbitohs rubbish Meninga rumour as Cook admits he's 'frustrated, angry and sad' over losing his spot

The NRL should have been smart enough to say publicly when registering Jennings that, despite their forgivings in doing so, they have no legal reason to deny it according to their lawyers. Put blame on the roosters and lawyers. Then outline what would happen if he reached 300 games and avoid the fire storm created by ignoring it until the week before the 300 game.

NRL rejects Jennings 300th game celebration as 'past conduct' criticisms mount

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