Wayne Bennett and Lewis Dodd’s South Sydney future; why the supercoach banned future Triple M interviews

“Lewis has the opportunity to play again on Friday night and show us what he can and what he can do. Let’s wait and see how it goes.

“He has an opportunity to play, he didn’t spend the whole year, it started last week, this week starts, we will all be smarter in a few weeks.”

When he talked about Bennett’s comments, Dodd soon said: “I have been here for three years and that’s the plan.

“Now I have a chance, we will see where it will take me out of the season and the beginning of the next head [season].

“It is not pleasant to see your name for the media and your family, but it’s part of the game.

“I did everything I could to be at a level that I think I can do the right thing for the team, that I can do my job in the team and that I would not disappoint anyone. This started this week and hopefully it will continue until the end of this year.”

Ashton Ward, a young Gerringong, watched by the town’s largest league exports, was going to two halves for Mick Cronin on Thursday and for two halves for Jye Gray Bennett, but with Dodd and Jamie Humphreys.

Wightton was shot with a four -match prohibition for a shoulder charging of Cronulla Propr Toby Rudolf, with a loss to explain how it was so hard on NRL’s player and how it was prepared for contact.

Wighton’s suspension also paves the way for Jai Arrow’s captain – Cam Murray (Achilles), Cody Walker (Calf), Latrell Mitchell (Quad) and now after Wightton (Suspension).

Bennett for 50 years in the game, and the match review committee – and the judiciary – how can he find Wightton guilty of a shoulder offense rather than an innocent head conflict.

Bennett said, “I’m in football as much as everyone right now, and it was never a shoulder charge – I still watched the vision again and again… This was a collision”.

“Even if there was a shoulder charge, four weeks for this? The shoulder charge did not overthrow it. It was the fact that they cracked their heads.”