Townsville Bulletin

Bennett’s Ricky barb

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WAYNE Bennett has fired a barb at Ricky Stuart, labelling him a “drama queen” over the Canberra coach’s suggestion he was no longer as proud to be involved with the NRL.

The two long-time mentors were in agreement that the ARL Commission and NRL CEO Todd Greenberg were right to introduce a “no fault” stand down policy following an off-season from hell.

However Bennett accused Stuart of taking his argument too far when he told Fox Sports’ League Life that his regard for the game had waned.

“Like all our fans we respect the game and we want to have a game that we’re proud of,” Stuart said.

“At the moment I’m not.” It prompted a sharp retort from Bennett.

“It’s been a tough period but we’ve had it before, we managed them and we’ve moved on,” Bennett said. “We’ve got a few drama queens out there, to be honest with you.”

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