Wayne Bennett says : "We had a great end to the season, there's no doubt about that,"

newshub Saturday, October 17, 2020 10:27:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Mal will be a great sounding-board for myself, support staff and the players,"

abc-au Thursday, October 15, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We've got an exciting mix of both emerging and seasoned talent in the squad so far and we're really pleased to be able to announce this group today after what has been a challenging period for the game," "The players named in this squad today will have a small window to freshen up before commencing work with our high performance team to ensure they are in peak condition for the series"

illawarramercury Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:11:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We've got an exciting mix of both emerging and seasoned talent in the squad so far and we're really pleased to be able to announce this group today after what has been a challenging period for the game,"

qt Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:52:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We’ve got an exciting mix of both emerging and seasoned talent in the squad so far and we’re really pleased to be able to announce this group [on Wednesday] after what has been a challenging period for the game," "The players named in this squad will have a small window to freshen up before commencing work with our high performance team to ensure they are in peak condition for the series"

theherald-au Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I'm extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos,"

qt Tuesday, October 6, 2020 10:59:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "You guys don't listen, which probably annoys me more than anything else,"

newshub Monday, October 5, 2020 12:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "You guys don't listen which probably annoys me more than anything else,"

newshub Sunday, October 4, 2020 8:45:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

watoday Sunday, October 4, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "You guys don't listen. That's what annoys me. I said two days ago, this would have no impact on the team. It still hasn't," "I'm just telling you. I coached the team. I know what's going on in the organisation. It's never going to have an impact on the team"

brisbanetimes Sunday, October 4, 2020 10:55:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 3:35:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 3:35:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever. Sam is not part of the team in the sense he is not playing, he’s not required to play,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever. Sam is not part of the team in the sense he is not playing, he’s not required to play,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever. Sam is not part of the team in the sense he is not playing, he’s not required to play,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theherald-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:19:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

theherald-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:19:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 10:00:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 10:00:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 10:00:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever, Sam's not part of the team in the sense that he's not playing, he's not required to play, we've come this far without him this year, he's retired," "You can make it out into as big of a headline as you like, you can talk it up as much as you like, but I'm going to tell you now it's not going to have an impact on the playing group here because it's distant from us"

abc-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever, Sam's not part of the team in the sense that he's not playing, he's not required to play, we've come this far without him this year, he's retired," "You can make it out into as big of a headline as you like, you can talk it up as much as you like, but I'm going to tell you now it's not going to have an impact on the playing group here because it's distant from us"

abc-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 6:08:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I’m extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos," "I’m very proud and pleased that I’m still able to do it. State of Origin means so much to the people of Queensland. It’s been a difficult year for many people and I just want to give something back if I can"

watoday Friday, October 2, 2020 7:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I’m extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos," "I’m very proud and pleased that I’m still able to do it. State of Origin means so much to the people of Queensland. It’s been a difficult year for many people and I just want to give something back if I can"

theage Friday, October 2, 2020 5:28:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I'm extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos,"

abc-au Friday, October 2, 2020 3:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Well, it was a great performance,"

watoday Saturday, September 26, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I’ve seen a lot of things in football," "But I don’t know if I’ve seen anything as unselfish as that. If you don’t think they know the stats you’re kidding yourselves. [Moments like that] make sport great"

watoday Saturday, September 26, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Well, it was a great performance,"

brisbanetimes Friday, September 25, 2020 4:50:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I’ve seen a lot of things in football," "But I don’t know if I’ve seen anything as unselfish as that. If you don’t think they know the stats you’re kidding yourselves. [Moments like that] make sport great"

brisbanetimes Friday, September 25, 2020 4:50:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I thought he was going good last year, I thought he was going good the year before that and I thought he was going good the year before that,"

watoday Thursday, September 24, 2020 2:03:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I thought he was going good last year, I thought he was going good the year before that and I thought he was going good the year before that,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I don't think either party has closed the door but certainly, at this point in time, he is not coming here,"

smh Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I said it privately to him and I'll say it publicly to you, as long as Kevin has got the job I'm not trying to take the job off him," "If they make another decision from QRL and I get on the shortlist I am happy to be there"

smh Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm happy with any label. We get all types of labels don't we? I'll take any of them. It may not be my opinion but that's ok,"

smh Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We've been keen on him for 12 to 18 months and it just hasn't worked out," "There are a lot of things going on for him so they will come back with conditions, it may not be final yet but it certainly is from our point of view at the moment"

theherald-au Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I said it privately to him and I'll say it publicly to you, as long as Kevin has got the job I'm not trying to take the job off him," "If they make another decision from QRL and I get on the shortlist I am happy to be there"

theherald-au Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm happy with any label. We get all types of labels don't we? I'll take any of them. It may not be my opinion but that's ok,"

theherald-au Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We showed for 29 minutes what we can do, then let ourselves down with mistakes and dropped balls and penalties. "

watoday Friday, September 11, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We showed for 29 minutes what we can do, then let ourselves down with mistakes and dropped balls and penalties. "

brisbanetimes Thursday, September 10, 2020 3:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I made a statement about it and that’s all I’m saying. It’s speculative. I’ve spoken to nobody. I’m making a statement and I will leave it at that,"

watoday Wednesday, September 9, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "You don’t leave me in a position not to make a statement. The statement was made at the other end and I was only responding to that," "The thing I’ve learnt in this business is that the 'no comment' doesn’t work. I wasn’t going to run around making no comment. So I’ve made a comment about it and that’s where it stops"

watoday Wednesday, September 9, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "When we said (to the players) there was a pretty good chance he would stay on, there were a lot of happy players,"

watoday Wednesday, September 9, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I will tell you what you don’t see. He’s an outstanding bloke and outstanding with the players we had at the time,"

watoday Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It’s not about what I think. It’s about what he thinks," "It’s his body, he knows what he’s done in the game and he knows where he’s at in life. It’s really his decision to make. It’s not mine"

watoday Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Cameron Smith ) : "You can speculate as much as you like and talk about it as much as you like but Cameron’s the only guy who knows that,"

watoday Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "One thing I know about all of it is that if he comes to this club, there is no one more experienced than I am at bringing young players through the NRL,"

watoday Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:43:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "One thing I know about all of it is that if he comes to this club, there is no one more experienced than I am at bringing young players through the NRL,"

theage Tuesday, September 1, 2020 10:55:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “The most important thing is to play our brand of football and keep at that and not get bored by it,” “That’s our best chance of getting results and getting wins against any team. Top four or bottom four”

aap-au Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We came here with confidence tonight because we won our last four games,”

aap-au Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:17:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will be a big test [against the Eels] – we're looking forward to it,"

brisbanetimes Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "No one from South Sydney has talked to me about it, no one from anywhere else has talked to me about it,"

brisbanetimes Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We’ve got five weeks and three top four teams to play out of the five,”

aap-au Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:12:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If you play fullback and get enough [high] balls, I've seen the best of them, whether it's Billy Slater or Darius Boyd, you're going to drop some, they can 'torp' them ... Latrell isn't a liability there," "He made an error there, he'll tidy it up, he's a very skilful player and has a great mind on him about how he should play and about his technique. I'm confident he'll get on top of it. I'm also confident there will be another dropped ball somewhere before the year is out as well"

theage Friday, August 21, 2020 10:50:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “There is a part of all this, a duty of care to each other as players,”

aap-au Friday, August 21, 2020 6:54:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He is respected because he is the real deal," "He has great empathy and he stands for something"

smh Friday, August 14, 2020 12:22:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "As one of the fastest-growing c-store retailers, Yesway is clearly on a rapid growth trajectory,"

prnewswire Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:15:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : “I wouldn’t have done it if I thought I did something wrong,”

japantoday Friday, August 7, 2020 1:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I wouldn’t have done it if I thought I did something wrong,”

aap-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:06:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett confirmed : "It doesn't matter who they are, they've got the protocols to follow and they should be following them. "

qt Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:45:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Of course he is, he will be the head coach in 12 months, so he is ready for the moment,"

qt Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:45:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If it was a breach I wouldn't have done it,"

watoday Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:24:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I think I do know the rules, and I'm confident I do,"

watoday Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:24:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a difficult time for everyone in Australia right now,"

watoday Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:24:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "There wasn't many people there at all,"

newshub Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:34:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I? "

newshub Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:34:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The rules have changed so many times and I didn’t think I was breaking rules," "I wasn’t with a group. We were self-isolating"

smh Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The rules have changed so many times and I didn’t think I was breaking rules," "I wasn’t with a group. We were self-isolating"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 11:21:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If it was a breach I wouldn't have done it,"

Stuff Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:18:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I think I do know the rules, and I'm confident I do,"

Stuff Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:18:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a difficult time for everyone in Australia right now,"

Stuff Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:18:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If it was a breach I wouldn't have done it,"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:07:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I think I do know the rules, and I'm confident I do,"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:07:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a difficult time for everyone in Australia right now,"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:07:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I went for lunch yesterday at Grappa yesterday, I did,"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If that's what happens, that's their [the NRL's] call"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett replied : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I?"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I went for lunch yesterday at Grappa yesterday, I did,"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If that's what happens, that's their [the NRL's] call"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett replied : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I?"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I didn't think it was a breach: I went there with my partner, who I live with,"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 4:54:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett replied : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I?"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 4:54:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If anyone turns up to training with a haircut like that,"

theage Thursday, July 30, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I just think there’s too many people in their ears now,”

aap-au Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:23:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “It will remain that way until he makes a decision,”

aap-au Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:23:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It is just totally unfair the amount of scrutiny that is put on them, it's life-changing for them,"

watoday Friday, July 24, 2020 6:25:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It was more difficult when we weren’t playing, it’s not so difficult now,"

theage Friday, July 17, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "They’ve played well this year and they’re in front of us in the competition," "There’s not much between the two teams, it will come down to who turns up tomorrow and who doesn’t"

theage Friday, July 17, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "Honestly I didn't see that [Mitchell's swinging arm on Reynolds],"

newshub Saturday, July 11, 2020 12:09:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Benji Marshall ) : "I've got great respect for Benji ... so I'm pleased he's in the team," "He'll bring something to the team, he's a really positive guy and is great to be around for young players. I'm pleased for his sake"

illawarramercury Thursday, July 9, 2020 2:32:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It’s the market. It’s like buying a house, isn’t it?" "If someone wants to pay you that amount of money for your house, you’re not going to say no to it. If someone wants to pay you $1.25 million - they’re mature people that run their clubs - if that’s what his value is to them, that’s their prerogative. If you have a house and you have a great offer on it, no one runs around telling you it’s a ridiculous price you’re paying if they’re happy to pay it. If the Titans have made that offer - I don’t know if they’ve done it or not, I’m not close to all that - but the bottom line is it says what they think of him and how important he is to their organisation if they can get him"

brisbanetimes Thursday, July 9, 2020 11:48:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Benji Marshall ) : “I’ve got great respect for Benji … so I’m pleased he’s in the team,” “He’ll bring something to the team, he’s a really positive guy and is great to be around for young players. I’m pleased for his sake”

aap-au Thursday, July 9, 2020 6:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I did not coach or have a run down football team at the Broncos," "Seibold has 12 players with Origin or Test experience. We are being lost in the smoke and mirrors. There is a lot of talent there under Seibold but no-one is playing to their talent"

qt Monday, July 6, 2020 10:32:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “How many times do I have to put it to bed? I don’t start it and then I’ve got to put it to bed. It does my head in, mate,”

aap-au Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The [Souths players] don’t need to be told. They know I’m not going anywhere," "Nothing has been driven by the club. It’s all been driven by you guys on the outside, who don’t know what you’re talking about"

smh Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I don’t have a manager. I don’t have management, I manage myself. I’m an old man. I don’t need someone to hold my hand for me," "Are you hard of hearing? I said the same things last week. I’m not going to keep repeating myself because you guys make up stories, you make the headlines. But I don’t have to play your game, mate"

smh Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Campbell Graham ) : "I have to get him back playing football and with what Braidon is doing and what Campbell has been doing, I want Jimmy to earn his spot back in the team as well. That will be more valuable to him,"

smh Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The changeroom for me has always been a sacred place,"

abc-au Saturday, June 20, 2020 6:35:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "No I'm not going to tell you why,"

abc-au Saturday, June 20, 2020 6:35:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's a matter for the game to make a decision about, I'm sitting in the stand like you are," "So it's not something I'm going to buy into"

newshub Saturday, June 20, 2020 12:27:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "No, I'm not going to tell you why,"

newshub Saturday, June 20, 2020 12:27:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Wayne Bennett ) : "No, I’m not going to tell you. Pressed why, Bennett responded: "

theage Friday, June 19, 2020 3:05:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We haven’t been blowing teams off the park," "I just thought defensively we were better. The Warriors were a bit unlucky as they got to the try line three times and we managed to stop them three times. It’s big on the scoreboard, it could have been 40-30"

theage Friday, June 19, 2020 3:05:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Of course they are. They have lost players and are evolving," "That's how a club goes with a long-term coach. You don't notice it as much because you have a lot of stability in the club"

watoday Thursday, June 4, 2020 1:04:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Of course they are. They have lost players and are evolving," "That's how a club goes with a long-term coach. You don't notice it as much because you have a lot of stability in the club"

theage Thursday, June 4, 2020 10:11:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “He got to play a full game tonight, so that’s an improvement,” “You (media) all have your own opinions on him. I’ve got mine”

aap-au Friday, May 29, 2020 4:50:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We all realised that you can't be giving 20 penalties out there anymore, because it's going to detract from the quality of the game we want,"

illawarramercury Friday, May 29, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "I've always been confident in Latrell, and fullback will be his right spot,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:48:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "I've always been confident in Latrell, and fullback will be his right spot,"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:43:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He's in really good shape and I'm pleased with what he's done,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "All that noise has come from your end, not our end, and we know what we want from him," "We brought him here to play fullback. He wanted to come here to play fullback, and that's it"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He will [return] soon, maybe next week, maybe the week after, he won't be far away," "He's not in good enough shape yet. He spent three weeks away [in rehab] and hadn't trained before that. He'll be back"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He's in really good shape and I'm pleased with what he's done,"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "All that noise has come from your end, not our end, and we know what we want from him," "We brought him here to play fullback. He wanted to come here to play fullback, and that's it"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He will [return] soon, maybe next week, maybe the week after, he won't be far away," "He's not in good enough shape yet. He spent three weeks away [in rehab] and hadn't trained before that. He'll be back"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Maybe in my coaching career, it may have been my finest hour this year here,"

theherald-au Saturday, May 9, 2020 10:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "They've got a plan, and they want to take this club to places it probably hasn't been, but no one's talking about a quick fix,"

theherald-au Saturday, May 9, 2020 10:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "Thommo has to travel with the team,"

theherald-au Saturday, May 9, 2020 10:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We are all following protocols. We all want to be back playing footy and we all understand what it is going to take - there wasn't one complaint today,”

yahoo-au Monday, May 4, 2020 1:33:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "The doctor questioned them upon entering the training facility and our medical staff were there with doctors to undergo screening,"

qt Monday, May 4, 2020 1:03:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I was there today and we all agreed what we are going to do,"

theage Wednesday, April 22, 2020 12:26:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He never touched a drop of alcohol but he used to get a laugh out of us. We were the entertainment. "

smh Sunday, April 19, 2020 7:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "There was an agreement that we try that process first, file that application and if nothing changes, behaviour continues … we would then have to seriously consider a state of emergency, "

CBC Monday, March 23, 2020 10:31:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm just not sure totally about the self-isolation,"

qt Sunday, March 22, 2020 5:12:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm not so sure about the self-isolation, in terms of we have to go shopping, we have to go to shops,"

newshub Saturday, March 21, 2020 11:51:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I’m not so sure about the self-isolation, in terms of we have to go shopping, we have to go to shops … it’s probably not the right word to use, isolation,”

aap-au Saturday, March 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "Latrell wasn't given the day off to go to Taree, that's absolute rubbish,"

smh Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "Latrell wasn't given the day off to go to Taree, that's absolute rubbish,"

theage Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We'll sit down and have a think about it,"

newshub Saturday, March 21, 2020 6:27:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We'll sit down and have a think about it,"

newshub Saturday, March 21, 2020 3:31:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It’s [patience] important but there’s another week coming up this week, we’ll make some team selections, see what we do there,"

theage Friday, March 20, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Yeah it might, he needs to play some football. That’s the first thing I know. We’ll sit down and have a think about it. But I don’t think I’ll look at that game again. There’s nothing to learn from it. "

theage Friday, March 20, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "A couple of players kissed me this morning, I don't know why you are all standing back there,"

qt Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Adam Reynolds ) : "Because I have reached the 70 mark the boys want me to go early to the shops and get toilet paper for them," "Adam Reynolds was happy I could take my senior pass over and buy some toilet paper ... we have it covered"

qt Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I was happy to go up this afternoon and stay overnight in a hotel, but they're telling us that's not what they want us to do. "

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I don't have a pre-conceived idea about how many minutes he'll play this week. I was more than happy with him last week. "

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I don't get what Cam said, we either play or we don't play,"

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's all about the fans out there. It's all about the people that earn a living off rugby league,"

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's all about the fans out there. It's all about the people that earn a living off rugby league,"

Stuff Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I’m elated the game’s going ahead,”

aap-au Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “It’s all about the fans out there. It’s all about the people that earn a living off rugby league,”

aap-au Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The ideal for those contingencies is to quarantine us all,"

qt Monday, March 16, 2020 1:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The ideal for those contingencies is to quarantine us all,"

newshub Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:47:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It was the plan [to sub him],"

smh Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:13:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a different position; they do more running than anyone else. Fitness is an issue but he's fit enough," "I'm prepared to accept it's going to take a while to get him to where we want him to go. But we'll get him there"

smh Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:13:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The ideal for those contingencies is to quarantine us all,"

newshub Saturday, March 14, 2020 9:57:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I heard the NRL say they 'stand behind him'. The NRL need to stand in front of him,"

watoday Friday, March 13, 2020 4:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Tom Burgess ) : "I thought Tom played his best football of the season on the tour for Great Britain,"

smh Saturday, February 22, 2020 7:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : “We want to make him more versatile and a bit more valuable to us in other ways,”

brisbanetimes Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:29:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We are going to miss those blokes, they are some of the great players in our game,”

brisbanetimes Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:29:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : “We want to make him more versatile and a bit more valuable to us in other ways,”

theage Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We are going to miss those blokes, they are some of the great players in our game,”

theage Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "We had a great end to the season, there's no doubt about that,"

newshub Saturday, October 17, 2020 10:27:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Mal will be a great sounding-board for myself, support staff and the players,"

abc-au Thursday, October 15, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We've got an exciting mix of both emerging and seasoned talent in the squad so far and we're really pleased to be able to announce this group today after what has been a challenging period for the game," "The players named in this squad today will have a small window to freshen up before commencing work with our high performance team to ensure they are in peak condition for the series"

illawarramercury Thursday, October 8, 2020 2:11:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We've got an exciting mix of both emerging and seasoned talent in the squad so far and we're really pleased to be able to announce this group today after what has been a challenging period for the game,"

qt Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:52:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We’ve got an exciting mix of both emerging and seasoned talent in the squad so far and we’re really pleased to be able to announce this group [on Wednesday] after what has been a challenging period for the game," "The players named in this squad will have a small window to freshen up before commencing work with our high performance team to ensure they are in peak condition for the series"

theherald-au Wednesday, October 7, 2020 10:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I'm extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos,"

qt Tuesday, October 6, 2020 10:59:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "You guys don't listen, which probably annoys me more than anything else,"

newshub Monday, October 5, 2020 12:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "You guys don't listen which probably annoys me more than anything else,"

newshub Sunday, October 4, 2020 8:45:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

watoday Sunday, October 4, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "You guys don't listen. That's what annoys me. I said two days ago, this would have no impact on the team. It still hasn't," "I'm just telling you. I coached the team. I know what's going on in the organisation. It's never going to have an impact on the team"

brisbanetimes Sunday, October 4, 2020 10:55:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 3:35:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 3:35:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever. Sam is not part of the team in the sense he is not playing, he’s not required to play,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever. Sam is not part of the team in the sense he is not playing, he’s not required to play,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever. Sam is not part of the team in the sense he is not playing, he’s not required to play,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theherald-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:19:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

theherald-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 12:19:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 10:00:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 10:00:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

watoday Saturday, October 3, 2020 10:00:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 9:46:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever, Sam's not part of the team in the sense that he's not playing, he's not required to play, we've come this far without him this year, he's retired," "You can make it out into as big of a headline as you like, you can talk it up as much as you like, but I'm going to tell you now it's not going to have an impact on the playing group here because it's distant from us"

abc-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Sam Burgess ) : "It has no impact on the team whatsoever, Sam's not part of the team in the sense that he's not playing, he's not required to play, we've come this far without him this year, he's retired," "You can make it out into as big of a headline as you like, you can talk it up as much as you like, but I'm going to tell you now it's not going to have an impact on the playing group here because it's distant from us"

abc-au Saturday, October 3, 2020 6:08:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

brisbanetimes Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

smh Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That is not true. It was not known widely within the club because I've been here since '18 and I knew nothing about it until I'd been told in the last 24 hours,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's the first I've ever known of him taking drugs. "

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The team doctor is one of the most honest people I've ever met and worked with,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will not affect the team in any shape, form or manner,"

theage Saturday, October 3, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I’m extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos," "I’m very proud and pleased that I’m still able to do it. State of Origin means so much to the people of Queensland. It’s been a difficult year for many people and I just want to give something back if I can"

watoday Friday, October 2, 2020 7:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I’m extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos," "I’m very proud and pleased that I’m still able to do it. State of Origin means so much to the people of Queensland. It’s been a difficult year for many people and I just want to give something back if I can"

theage Friday, October 2, 2020 5:28:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I love coaching Queensland and I'm extremely humbled to be invited to coach this team again, particularly in light of the challenging circumstances with Kevin moving on to coach the Broncos,"

abc-au Friday, October 2, 2020 3:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Well, it was a great performance,"

watoday Saturday, September 26, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I’ve seen a lot of things in football," "But I don’t know if I’ve seen anything as unselfish as that. If you don’t think they know the stats you’re kidding yourselves. [Moments like that] make sport great"

watoday Saturday, September 26, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Well, it was a great performance,"

brisbanetimes Friday, September 25, 2020 4:50:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I’ve seen a lot of things in football," "But I don’t know if I’ve seen anything as unselfish as that. If you don’t think they know the stats you’re kidding yourselves. [Moments like that] make sport great"

brisbanetimes Friday, September 25, 2020 4:50:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I thought he was going good last year, I thought he was going good the year before that and I thought he was going good the year before that,"

watoday Thursday, September 24, 2020 2:03:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I thought he was going good last year, I thought he was going good the year before that and I thought he was going good the year before that,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, September 24, 2020 11:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I don't think either party has closed the door but certainly, at this point in time, he is not coming here,"

smh Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I said it privately to him and I'll say it publicly to you, as long as Kevin has got the job I'm not trying to take the job off him," "If they make another decision from QRL and I get on the shortlist I am happy to be there"

smh Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm happy with any label. We get all types of labels don't we? I'll take any of them. It may not be my opinion but that's ok,"

smh Wednesday, September 16, 2020 8:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We've been keen on him for 12 to 18 months and it just hasn't worked out," "There are a lot of things going on for him so they will come back with conditions, it may not be final yet but it certainly is from our point of view at the moment"

theherald-au Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Kevin Walters ) : "I said it privately to him and I'll say it publicly to you, as long as Kevin has got the job I'm not trying to take the job off him," "If they make another decision from QRL and I get on the shortlist I am happy to be there"

theherald-au Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm happy with any label. We get all types of labels don't we? I'll take any of them. It may not be my opinion but that's ok,"

theherald-au Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We showed for 29 minutes what we can do, then let ourselves down with mistakes and dropped balls and penalties. "

watoday Friday, September 11, 2020 4:51:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We showed for 29 minutes what we can do, then let ourselves down with mistakes and dropped balls and penalties. "

brisbanetimes Thursday, September 10, 2020 3:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I made a statement about it and that’s all I’m saying. It’s speculative. I’ve spoken to nobody. I’m making a statement and I will leave it at that,"

watoday Wednesday, September 9, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "You don’t leave me in a position not to make a statement. The statement was made at the other end and I was only responding to that," "The thing I’ve learnt in this business is that the 'no comment' doesn’t work. I wasn’t going to run around making no comment. So I’ve made a comment about it and that’s where it stops"

watoday Wednesday, September 9, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "When we said (to the players) there was a pretty good chance he would stay on, there were a lot of happy players,"

watoday Wednesday, September 9, 2020 5:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I will tell you what you don’t see. He’s an outstanding bloke and outstanding with the players we had at the time,"

watoday Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It’s not about what I think. It’s about what he thinks," "It’s his body, he knows what he’s done in the game and he knows where he’s at in life. It’s really his decision to make. It’s not mine"

watoday Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Cameron Smith ) : "You can speculate as much as you like and talk about it as much as you like but Cameron’s the only guy who knows that,"

watoday Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "One thing I know about all of it is that if he comes to this club, there is no one more experienced than I am at bringing young players through the NRL,"

watoday Wednesday, September 2, 2020 7:43:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "One thing I know about all of it is that if he comes to this club, there is no one more experienced than I am at bringing young players through the NRL,"

theage Tuesday, September 1, 2020 10:55:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “The most important thing is to play our brand of football and keep at that and not get bored by it,” “That’s our best chance of getting results and getting wins against any team. Top four or bottom four”

aap-au Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:37:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We came here with confidence tonight because we won our last four games,”

aap-au Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:17:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It will be a big test [against the Eels] – we're looking forward to it,"

brisbanetimes Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "No one from South Sydney has talked to me about it, no one from anywhere else has talked to me about it,"

brisbanetimes Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We’ve got five weeks and three top four teams to play out of the five,”

aap-au Wednesday, August 26, 2020 9:12:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If you play fullback and get enough [high] balls, I've seen the best of them, whether it's Billy Slater or Darius Boyd, you're going to drop some, they can 'torp' them ... Latrell isn't a liability there," "He made an error there, he'll tidy it up, he's a very skilful player and has a great mind on him about how he should play and about his technique. I'm confident he'll get on top of it. I'm also confident there will be another dropped ball somewhere before the year is out as well"

theage Friday, August 21, 2020 10:50:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “There is a part of all this, a duty of care to each other as players,”

aap-au Friday, August 21, 2020 6:54:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He is respected because he is the real deal," "He has great empathy and he stands for something"

smh Friday, August 14, 2020 12:22:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "As one of the fastest-growing c-store retailers, Yesway is clearly on a rapid growth trajectory,"

prnewswire Tuesday, August 11, 2020 4:15:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : “I wouldn’t have done it if I thought I did something wrong,”

japantoday Friday, August 7, 2020 1:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I wouldn’t have done it if I thought I did something wrong,”

aap-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:06:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett confirmed : "It doesn't matter who they are, they've got the protocols to follow and they should be following them. "

qt Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:45:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Of course he is, he will be the head coach in 12 months, so he is ready for the moment,"

qt Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:45:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If it was a breach I wouldn't have done it,"

watoday Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:24:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I think I do know the rules, and I'm confident I do,"

watoday Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:24:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a difficult time for everyone in Australia right now,"

watoday Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:24:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "There wasn't many people there at all,"

newshub Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:34:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I? "

newshub Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:34:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The rules have changed so many times and I didn’t think I was breaking rules," "I wasn’t with a group. We were self-isolating"

smh Thursday, August 6, 2020 12:10:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The rules have changed so many times and I didn’t think I was breaking rules," "I wasn’t with a group. We were self-isolating"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 11:21:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If it was a breach I wouldn't have done it,"

Stuff Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:18:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I think I do know the rules, and I'm confident I do,"

Stuff Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:18:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a difficult time for everyone in Australia right now,"

Stuff Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:18:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If it was a breach I wouldn't have done it,"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:07:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I think I do know the rules, and I'm confident I do,"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:07:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a difficult time for everyone in Australia right now,"

theage Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:07:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I went for lunch yesterday at Grappa yesterday, I did,"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If that's what happens, that's their [the NRL's] call"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett replied : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I?"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I went for lunch yesterday at Grappa yesterday, I did,"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If that's what happens, that's their [the NRL's] call"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett replied : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I?"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 5:53:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I didn't think it was a breach: I went there with my partner, who I live with,"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 4:54:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett replied : "I'm still allowed to eat, aren't I?"

abc-au Thursday, August 6, 2020 4:54:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "If anyone turns up to training with a haircut like that,"

theage Thursday, July 30, 2020 1:08:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I just think there’s too many people in their ears now,”

aap-au Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:23:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “It will remain that way until he makes a decision,”

aap-au Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:23:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It is just totally unfair the amount of scrutiny that is put on them, it's life-changing for them,"

watoday Friday, July 24, 2020 6:25:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It was more difficult when we weren’t playing, it’s not so difficult now,"

theage Friday, July 17, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "They’ve played well this year and they’re in front of us in the competition," "There’s not much between the two teams, it will come down to who turns up tomorrow and who doesn’t"

theage Friday, July 17, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett says : "Honestly I didn't see that [Mitchell's swinging arm on Reynolds],"

newshub Saturday, July 11, 2020 12:09:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Benji Marshall ) : "I've got great respect for Benji ... so I'm pleased he's in the team," "He'll bring something to the team, he's a really positive guy and is great to be around for young players. I'm pleased for his sake"

illawarramercury Thursday, July 9, 2020 2:32:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It’s the market. It’s like buying a house, isn’t it?" "If someone wants to pay you that amount of money for your house, you’re not going to say no to it. If someone wants to pay you $1.25 million - they’re mature people that run their clubs - if that’s what his value is to them, that’s their prerogative. If you have a house and you have a great offer on it, no one runs around telling you it’s a ridiculous price you’re paying if they’re happy to pay it. If the Titans have made that offer - I don’t know if they’ve done it or not, I’m not close to all that - but the bottom line is it says what they think of him and how important he is to their organisation if they can get him"

brisbanetimes Thursday, July 9, 2020 11:48:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Benji Marshall ) : “I’ve got great respect for Benji … so I’m pleased he’s in the team,” “He’ll bring something to the team, he’s a really positive guy and is great to be around for young players. I’m pleased for his sake”

aap-au Thursday, July 9, 2020 6:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I did not coach or have a run down football team at the Broncos," "Seibold has 12 players with Origin or Test experience. We are being lost in the smoke and mirrors. There is a lot of talent there under Seibold but no-one is playing to their talent"

qt Monday, July 6, 2020 10:32:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “How many times do I have to put it to bed? I don’t start it and then I’ve got to put it to bed. It does my head in, mate,”

aap-au Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The [Souths players] don’t need to be told. They know I’m not going anywhere," "Nothing has been driven by the club. It’s all been driven by you guys on the outside, who don’t know what you’re talking about"

smh Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I don’t have a manager. I don’t have management, I manage myself. I’m an old man. I don’t need someone to hold my hand for me," "Are you hard of hearing? I said the same things last week. I’m not going to keep repeating myself because you guys make up stories, you make the headlines. But I don’t have to play your game, mate"

smh Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Campbell Graham ) : "I have to get him back playing football and with what Braidon is doing and what Campbell has been doing, I want Jimmy to earn his spot back in the team as well. That will be more valuable to him,"

smh Wednesday, June 24, 2020 5:15:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The changeroom for me has always been a sacred place,"

abc-au Saturday, June 20, 2020 6:35:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "No I'm not going to tell you why,"

abc-au Saturday, June 20, 2020 6:35:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "That's a matter for the game to make a decision about, I'm sitting in the stand like you are," "So it's not something I'm going to buy into"

newshub Saturday, June 20, 2020 12:27:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "No, I'm not going to tell you why,"

newshub Saturday, June 20, 2020 12:27:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Wayne Bennett ) : "No, I’m not going to tell you. Pressed why, Bennett responded: "

theage Friday, June 19, 2020 3:05:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We haven’t been blowing teams off the park," "I just thought defensively we were better. The Warriors were a bit unlucky as they got to the try line three times and we managed to stop them three times. It’s big on the scoreboard, it could have been 40-30"

theage Friday, June 19, 2020 3:05:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Of course they are. They have lost players and are evolving," "That's how a club goes with a long-term coach. You don't notice it as much because you have a lot of stability in the club"

watoday Thursday, June 4, 2020 1:04:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Of course they are. They have lost players and are evolving," "That's how a club goes with a long-term coach. You don't notice it as much because you have a lot of stability in the club"

theage Thursday, June 4, 2020 10:11:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “He got to play a full game tonight, so that’s an improvement,” “You (media) all have your own opinions on him. I’ve got mine”

aap-au Friday, May 29, 2020 4:50:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We all realised that you can't be giving 20 penalties out there anymore, because it's going to detract from the quality of the game we want,"

illawarramercury Friday, May 29, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "I've always been confident in Latrell, and fullback will be his right spot,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:48:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "I've always been confident in Latrell, and fullback will be his right spot,"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 10:43:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He's in really good shape and I'm pleased with what he's done,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "All that noise has come from your end, not our end, and we know what we want from him," "We brought him here to play fullback. He wanted to come here to play fullback, and that's it"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He will [return] soon, maybe next week, maybe the week after, he won't be far away," "He's not in good enough shape yet. He spent three weeks away [in rehab] and hadn't trained before that. He'll be back"

brisbanetimes Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He's in really good shape and I'm pleased with what he's done,"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "All that noise has come from your end, not our end, and we know what we want from him," "We brought him here to play fullback. He wanted to come here to play fullback, and that's it"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He will [return] soon, maybe next week, maybe the week after, he won't be far away," "He's not in good enough shape yet. He spent three weeks away [in rehab] and hadn't trained before that. He'll be back"

theage Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:01:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Maybe in my coaching career, it may have been my finest hour this year here,"

theherald-au Saturday, May 9, 2020 10:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "They've got a plan, and they want to take this club to places it probably hasn't been, but no one's talking about a quick fix,"

theherald-au Saturday, May 9, 2020 10:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "Thommo has to travel with the team,"

theherald-au Saturday, May 9, 2020 10:55:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We are all following protocols. We all want to be back playing footy and we all understand what it is going to take - there wasn't one complaint today,”

yahoo-au Monday, May 4, 2020 1:33:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "The doctor questioned them upon entering the training facility and our medical staff were there with doctors to undergo screening,"

qt Monday, May 4, 2020 1:03:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I was there today and we all agreed what we are going to do,"

theage Wednesday, April 22, 2020 12:26:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "He never touched a drop of alcohol but he used to get a laugh out of us. We were the entertainment. "

smh Sunday, April 19, 2020 7:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "There was an agreement that we try that process first, file that application and if nothing changes, behaviour continues … we would then have to seriously consider a state of emergency, "

CBC Monday, March 23, 2020 10:31:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm just not sure totally about the self-isolation,"

qt Sunday, March 22, 2020 5:12:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I'm not so sure about the self-isolation, in terms of we have to go shopping, we have to go to shops,"

newshub Saturday, March 21, 2020 11:51:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I’m not so sure about the self-isolation, in terms of we have to go shopping, we have to go to shops … it’s probably not the right word to use, isolation,”

aap-au Saturday, March 21, 2020 10:37:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "Latrell wasn't given the day off to go to Taree, that's absolute rubbish,"

smh Saturday, March 21, 2020 8:42:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Latrell Mitchell ) : "Latrell wasn't given the day off to go to Taree, that's absolute rubbish,"

theage Saturday, March 21, 2020 7:59:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We'll sit down and have a think about it,"

newshub Saturday, March 21, 2020 6:27:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "We'll sit down and have a think about it,"

newshub Saturday, March 21, 2020 3:31:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It’s [patience] important but there’s another week coming up this week, we’ll make some team selections, see what we do there,"

theage Friday, March 20, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "Yeah it might, he needs to play some football. That’s the first thing I know. We’ll sit down and have a think about it. But I don’t think I’ll look at that game again. There’s nothing to learn from it. "

theage Friday, March 20, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "A couple of players kissed me this morning, I don't know why you are all standing back there,"

qt Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Adam Reynolds ) : "Because I have reached the 70 mark the boys want me to go early to the shops and get toilet paper for them," "Adam Reynolds was happy I could take my senior pass over and buy some toilet paper ... we have it covered"

qt Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:36:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I was happy to go up this afternoon and stay overnight in a hotel, but they're telling us that's not what they want us to do. "

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 11:04:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I don't have a pre-conceived idea about how many minutes he'll play this week. I was more than happy with him last week. "

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : "I don't get what Cam said, we either play or we don't play,"

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's all about the fans out there. It's all about the people that earn a living off rugby league,"

theage Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's all about the fans out there. It's all about the people that earn a living off rugby league,"

Stuff Thursday, March 19, 2020 6:44:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “I’m elated the game’s going ahead,”

aap-au Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “It’s all about the fans out there. It’s all about the people that earn a living off rugby league,”

aap-au Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The ideal for those contingencies is to quarantine us all,"

qt Monday, March 16, 2020 1:56:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The ideal for those contingencies is to quarantine us all,"

newshub Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:47:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It was the plan [to sub him],"

smh Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:13:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "It's a different position; they do more running than anyone else. Fitness is an issue but he's fit enough," "I'm prepared to accept it's going to take a while to get him to where we want him to go. But we'll get him there"

smh Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:13:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "The ideal for those contingencies is to quarantine us all,"

newshub Saturday, March 14, 2020 9:57:00 PM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : "I heard the NRL say they 'stand behind him'. The NRL need to stand in front of him,"

watoday Friday, March 13, 2020 4:30:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said ( about Tom Burgess ) : "I thought Tom played his best football of the season on the tour for Great Britain,"

smh Saturday, February 22, 2020 7:38:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : “We want to make him more versatile and a bit more valuable to us in other ways,”

brisbanetimes Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:29:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We are going to miss those blokes, they are some of the great players in our game,”

brisbanetimes Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:29:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett told : “We want to make him more versatile and a bit more valuable to us in other ways,”

theage Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT

Wayne Bennett said : “We are going to miss those blokes, they are some of the great players in our game,”

theage Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:49:00 AM EAT