As the master coach brings his Dolphins to Newcastle for a last-eight shoot-out against his former club, there remains lingering resentment in the Hunter over his three years at the helm.
In the wash-up of the Dolphins’ 40-6 shutout of the Broncos last Saturday night, Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga peeled off in commentary for Fox Sports an often-forgotten statistic about Wayne Bennett.
Nevertheless, this Sunday’s final-round shootout for eighth place at McDonald Jones Stadium will awaken memories of how, according to one club great, he “rolled up the circus and left a piece of dirt”. Heading into the match, Bennett had been accused of being distracted by his impending return to Souths next season. Dolphins chief executive Terry Reader denied this was the case, but Bennett would have welcomed the remarks because he thrives on proving people wrong, even when he has nothing left to prove.The victory showed that Bennett is still the master manipulator of young men, especially when preparing them for big games.
Allan Langer, a former premiership captain and now assistant to good mate Walters, says they should have won more premierships in the 1990s but failed to do so because of off-field distractions. Knights players and officials from that time were unhappy with the way Bennett and his staff acted like fly-in, fly-out workers, barking instructions with no care for what had been achieved before they arrived.
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