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TO: NZRL Staff, Districts and Affiliates and Board FROM: Cushla Dawson DATE: 15 December 2008 RE: Media Summary Wednesday 10 D TO: NZRL Staff, Districts and Affiliates and Board FROM: Cushla Dawson DATE: 15 December 2008 RE: Media Summary Wednesday 10 December to Monday 15 December 2008 Bennett unsure if he will be back in black: Wayne Bennett says he's still undecided about whether to continue his involvement with New Zealand after their World Cup success amid further intrigue about the Australian coaching job. Bennett was part of the brains trust behind the Kiwis' stunning World Cup win, a result that led to Ricky Stuart's post-match meltdown and subsequent decision to stand down. Speaking after a function for Dragons members at Kogarah at the weekend, Bennett said he was yet to consider whether to continue his international coaching career. All action when coach Bellamy is in town: Coaches lined up to listen and more than 100 young players are there to show what they can do in front of one of the top men in the sport. Sam Worthington reports. Craig Bellamy hasn't earned his reputation as one of league's premier coaches by sitting on his hands. The Melbourne Storm coach's off-season started with a whirlwind trip across the United States, picking the brains of professional NFL, basketball and baseball teams. Next stop is a weekend in Wellington. The league is dead, long live league: A bold plan is gathering momentum for a new independent commission to rule rugby league, with News Ltd surrendering its half-partnership in the NRL in exchange for the old power structures of the national and state bodies being dismantled. Leeds coach McClennan honoured: Brian McClennan, who guided Leeds Rhinos to the engage Super League title at his first attempt, received further recognition for his efforts on Thursday when he was named as one of five individuals of the year. The former New Zealand head coach is acknowledged in the 13th Gillette Rugby League Yearbook, which contains a comprehensive review of the 13th World Cup as well as the domestic season. NRL approves 2 referee system: The NRL has today passed one of the most groundbreaking rule changes in the history of the game. The National Rugby League will now use a 2-referee system, with a single referee in charge of the play-the-ball area and the other ‘head’ referee standing at the 10-metre opposing teams defence line. The ‘head’ referee will police the 10m rule, and be responsible for making the calls and blowing the whistle. Vagana to take up role with National Rugby League: The former Kiwis international Nigel Vagana will join the National Rugby League in Sydney as an education and welfare officer in January next year. Vagana, the former Warriors, Canterbury, Cronulla and South Sydney player, replaces former Test prop Jason Stevens who held the role earlier this year before resigning. Vagana's role will involve getting players to focus on off- field education opportunities and careers after football. He says when at the Bulldogs he did an architectural technology course which both gave him a sense of security for the and ensured he had a balanced perspective about football. Source: Radio New Zealand, 11 December 2008 League glue for learning: An academy aimed at educating and motivating Taranaki's young rugby league players was launched yesterday. The Taranaki Rugby League Education Academy, a joint venture between Taranaki Rugby League and Witt, will kick off in February. It aims to encourage young men into further education by promising advanced training and rugby league skills needed to make it to Australia's National Rugby League (NRL). Hannam signs with Warriors: A former Masterton boy is heading for the top in rugby league. Kane Hannam, 16, has signed a four-year contract with the Warriors under-20s Toyota Cup team and the past pupil of Masterton West Primary School has NRL selection at the top of his priority list. No rugby offers yet for Marshall: Kiwis rugby league star Benji Marshall is a long way from confirming his future, although it may well not be in rugby league. Marshall's manager Martin Tauber says reported switches to rugby union could become reality. Bennett unsure if he will be back in black Wayne Bennett says he's still undecided about whether to continue his involvement with New Zealand after their World Cup success amid further intrigue about the Australian coaching job. Bennett was part of the brains trust behind the Kiwis' stunning World Cup win, a result that led to Ricky Stuart's post-match meltdown and subsequent decision to stand down. Speaking after a function for Dragons members at Kogarah at the weekend, Bennett said he was yet to consider whether to continue his international coaching career. "I have made no decisions there," Bennett told The Sun-Herald. "I am just trying to give St George some of my time right now." Asked whether he would consider the Australian coaching job, now or in the future, Bennett said: "I'm not making any decisions about those things today or tomorrow. "I'm here at St George and I'm getting myself sorted out here. We'll see how it all pans out." Queensland coach Mal Meninga remains the favourite to replace Stuart, although it's unclear whether he would need to relinquish the Maroons post to be eligible. State of Origin coaches are prevented from overseeing the national team for fears of bias. Roosters coach Brad Fittler described himself as "no chance" of applying for the role yesterday but firmly believed it should go to someone without club affiliations. "We should get to a stage where club coaches shouldn't coach rep teams," Fittler said. "You can see how demanding it is. "I don't think you need to look any further [than Meninga] - if he wants to do it, it's pretty straightforward, really." Laurie Daley has been touted as a potential candidate but the Canberra great and NSW selector said Meninga would be the "obvious choice". "I would feel you would need to be invited to do it - it's not something that you put your hand up for and say 'yes, I'm available'," Daley said. "There are plenty of people who would like to see Mal get it." Bennett, meanwhile, told a gathering of about 1500 Red V members that he was pleased with the Dragons' pre-season progress. And while he received a warm welcome, Bennett joked that not everyone was pleased with his appointment. "People have been encouraging and wishing me well but we did have some guy ring up the other day and said he wasn't keen on me as coach - but still wanted to be a Red V member. Hopefully we can swing him around," Bennett quipped. (Source: Sun Herald, 15 December 2008) League crew deserve their day in the sun Did I miss something? I'm still standing on Queen St waiting ... for the ticker- tape parade for the Kiwis rugby league team. I just don't get it. You could have inflated the Hindenburg with all the hot air blowing from the media about the All Blacks beating up a bunch of nobodies on another grand sham tour which had all the suspense of a good floss. The All Blacks get their asses kissed for merely doing their job and nothing more. They certainly didn't scale any great heights - it wasn't like they were really tested. And yet here we have the Kiwis delivering the real deal in spades by knocking out the best team in the world in a cracker of a world cup final, and all they got was a quiet pat on the back before someone turned off the lights. Where's the real parade for the boys, with the ticker-tape and the yahooing and back-slapping and chest- thumping!?! If memory serves me right, New Zealand's world cup trophy case used to have enough room in it to park the Queen Mary. This is no longer the case thanks to the Kiwis, who completely rewrote the script. Australia thought hell would have to freeze over before they lost their stranglehold on the world cup - well, don't look now, but the devil is wearing a fur coat. This was a genuine sporting moment for the ages, easily surpassing those billionaire pimps in America's Cup yachts who always seem to be on parade. And what do the Kiwis get? Zip, nada, the big fat goose egg from the Auckland City fathers - shame on you, John Banks! And the media totally lost the plot on this historic sporting feat. Instead of shining the spotlight on the Kiwis' triumph, the post-match story was all about Kangaroos coach Ricky Stuart ranting at the referee. It was pathetic really, especially when you consider that this same mob of scribblers is now all in a lather over the prospect of All Blacks prop Carl Hayman turning tail and running out on his contract with his struggling English rugby club, Newcastle. And nobody seems to think that it's wrong or bad taste or maybe a bit unethical for Hurricanes chief executive Greg Peters to be having unofficial talks with Hayman. Let me get this straight - it's OK for a stud All Black to come home through the back door, but if you yell at a referee you're the scum of the earth. Double- standard, anyone? Anyway, while I've got my spanking stick out I'll have to mention New Zealand Rugby League chairman Ray Haffenden, who's living in another time zone. Big Ray boldly declared that the NZRL, in its own low-key way, would be doing its best to bring the world cup joy to the public.
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