‘Hard to explain ... He just gets it’: Souths players hail ‘wonderful’ Wayne signing

South Sydney star Cody Walker says it’s “hard to explain” the impact Wayne Bennett can have on a playing group declaring he “can’t wait” to have the master mentor back at the club.Bennett, 74, was the only man Rabbitohs officials wanted after sacking Jason Demetriou and despite a late push from Parramatta, the veteran mentor has agreed to terms on a three-year deal to return to South Sydney.

Watch every game of every round this NRL Telstra Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?“He just gets it. It’s hard to explain because you’ve got to be there in the moment to understand his impact on a group,” South Sydney five-eighth Cody Walker said.“But we can’t focus on that and we respect that Wayne still has a year to coach at the Dolphins, and we’re not travelling too well at the moment so we’ve got to focus all our energy into something else.

After guiding the Dolphins to a win in Brisbane last weekend, Bennett revealed how he would make the transition to Souths simple, having done it before, and said he wouldn’t take any players with him.“I am experienced at it and I know how to handle it. The key thing is that everyone knows what is going on. You just get on with life. They have staff down there who will look after everything until I get there.

Bennett has been coaching in the NRL since taking on the Canberra Raiders job in 1987 and has been in charge at the Brisbane Broncos, St George Illawarra, Newcastle Knights and the fledgling Dolphins across arguably the greatest coaching career in NRL history.

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