Want to know the golden rule of a Wayne Bennett press convention?
Don’t make him repeat himself.
The Dolphins coach began by praising his aspect after pushing the Broncos all the way in which on the Gabba regardless of an ill-disciplined first half.
The Dolphins started the sport slowly however got here firing again to life within the second half, hitting the lead with quarter-hour to go earlier than two tries to Selwyn Cobbo sealed the 24-16 win for the Broncos and moved them to second on the ladder.
“It was pretty gutsy of them to stay in the game actually, the way we’ve played the last couple of weeks,” Bennett replied when requested concerning the Dolphins’ begin to the sport.
“Very pleased with their effort.”
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Later within the press convention Bennett was questioned whether or not he felt the Dolphins had turned a nook after conceding 48 factors to the Eels and 58 to Manly of their final two matches.
Bennett, nevertheless, was not impressed at having to go over previous floor.
“I just said that when I first came into the conference. Were you not listening to me?,” Bennett fired again.
The grasp coach pulled a variety shock within the lead as much as the Battle of Brisbane when he switched Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow from fullback to the centres with Kodi Nikorima pulling on the No. 1 jersey.
Nikorima bagged a try to racked up 128 run metres, with a game-high eight sort out busts in a robust efficiency regardless of one mistake below the excessive ball.
But Tabuai-Fidow’s affect was restricted within the new place, with simply eight runs for 56 metres.
Bennett defined the transfer after Saturday’s match.
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“Hamiso is one of the best fullbacks in the game but we’ve got a problem in the centres at the moment and we had to do something about it,” he stated.
“He can handle that position and I thought he did a really good job there.
“Kodi is a very competent fullback so I didn’t think he let us down. He dropped one ball there but that’s par for the course when you’re playing that position.
“It was our best options on the night but I think we did a pretty fair job at those positions.”
The Dolphins have now misplaced 4 in a row as their finals hopes teeter, whereas they had been struck down by a pair of accidents within the Battle of Brisbane.
Bennett revealed hooker Jeremy Marshall-King was nonetheless battling with a shoulder harm initially suffered in Round 13, saying the star No. 9 might be dominated out for the rest of the season after his try-scoring, 80-minute effort towards the Broncos.
And Felise Kaufusi failed a HIA early within the first half.
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