Wayne Bennett has effectively thrown his hat in the ring for the Queensland top job, should Kevin Walters pursue his dream of coaching an NRL club beyond this yearโs series.
Bennett has enjoyed multiple tenures as Maroons coach between the 80โs and early 2000โs, coaching the Maroons to four series wins from 21 matches as coach.
With speculation mounting that Titans coach Garth Brennan may struggle to see out his contract amid an internal review of the clubโs operations, Waltersโ name has again been thrown in the ring.ย
The Queensland great has been outspoken with his desire to lead an NRL club one day, and should the Gold Coast job become vacant, Walterโs name is expected to be top of the Titans list.
That would open the door for Bennett, who would be interested in returning to the coach the Maroons for the first time since 2003.
โMy commitment has been total to Queensland. Thatโs important to me.โ, Bennett told Sydney Morning Herald.
โIf they feel there is a part for me to play and I feel I can do that, I will do that. Itโs as simple as that for me,โย
โI coached first grade for eight years before the national competition came along. I gave up my job in Canberra to come home and coach the Broncos.
โI have always been committed to rugby league in Queensland since I got into coaching. Besides coaching Origin, Iโve done a lot of stuff in regards to Queensland Academy of Sport programs, a lot of stuff prior to that, Iโve coached Queensland under-18s.
โTo cut a long story short, the bottom line is if they thought I was the best and Kevin moved on and wasnโt able to do it, Iโd certainly look at it.โ
Whilst Bennett has admired the work of Walters - who led the side to a series win in his first year - heโs aware of how quickly things move in the Rugby League world.
โIโm not in that place yet, so I donโt have to make that decision,โ Bennett said.
โIโm a short succession plan, I can tell you that,โ Bennett quipped. โIโm not at the beginning of my career.โย
โI think the chairman was just expressing a point of view he had regarding the future. Kevin has got the job next year and I spoke to Kevin the other day about something unrelated, I asked him how it was all going, and he said heโd been reappointed for next year.
โYou just assume thatโs going to happen and if the other part comes up, Iโll be interested and see where it goes.โ
Bennettโs admission comes just days before Kevin Walters goes into a heavyweight decider at ANZ Stadium where he will attempt to stop New South Wales claiming their first back-to-back series win in 14 years.
Canโt wait for the next instalment of humour from Woody the infected zit
Didn’t know your vast expanse of knowledge daffy, included French!!
And redv your humour is awesome, if not true….
Only stool missing is Reg aka snuf aka std aka Nero
Skeletor to coach maroons lol, no way blokes a washed up spanner, milking Soufs for every cent, but cheese burgers a good family man ๐๐๐๐๐
missing ? mate its been a reg rerun of 2018 with stevie, all we need is the same finals result where bunnies go down to you know who and stevie goes into another embarrassing public mental breakdown and threaten to never come back, which he thinks of course will cause the demise of ZT ๐๐๐
Hey Outslider, have a look at the ladder you lightweight.
What does it tell you roosters only 2 in origin after failures souths throwaway Crighton, Murray personal assistant and wannabe Radley and Latrelle all dumped?
At least with Latrelle we know the problem is he wants out of the roosters.
Souths 3 champion starters.
GO THE MIGHTY RABBITOHS.
Was very curious given the posts all have a similar tone to them.
Poor bugger is obviously a little paranoid being the only rooster supporter on here which is a reflection on their comical membership numbers.
Reminds me of Basil Faulty who greets his guests at the front garden and then runs inside and becomes the check in staffer.
Might have to change his nickname to RustyFaulty. Perfect.
RustyBasil, 300,000 Souths supporters marched and had Murdoch running for cover.
You know the rest LOL.
Regarding any kicking out it was Souths who showed the Roosters the door after several warnings on poaching our juniors and that was the end of the roosters juniors and as you know any without juniors is a club with no soul.
No soul means struggling membership.
Struggling membership means relocation.
Relocation means Sydney Roosters become THE PERTH TURKEYS RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB.
GOBBLE GOBBLE the name of the new club song
Your good at that
Bennett needs some more money to cover for his divorce and new flames credit card.
Funny, Gagai wants out too!
Look everyone std is back, heโs the โANGRYEAGLEโ lol nice try smuf, pelican