Wayne Bennett confirms deal with South Sydney while eying future with NRL expansion team

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The seven-time premiership winner confirms return to Rabbitohs from 2025 and remains open to coaching into his 80s with an NRL expansion team

Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett, seen after the Rd 10 match against the Sea Eagles, has confirmed he will return to South Sydney in 2025.Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett, seen after the Rd 10 match against the Sea Eagles, has confirmed he will return to South Sydney in 2025.Wayne Bennett will coach South Sydney from 2025 and keep his options open beyond that with an expansion team as he prepares for a “secret meeting” with Rabbitohs CEO Blake Solly.

“I could be in Perth. I didn’t know I wanted to continue to coach until I came back and did the two years here. I will do my time at Souths and if I want to coach again, I won’t have someone tell me I can’t. I will make the decision myself.” ARL Commission chairman Peter V’landys said on Friday that Bennett was still the priority to coach an expansion team after he finishes at the Rabbitohs, a development which would have him coaching beyond 80.has a plan to build a compound for players and their families to live in Port Moresby if a PNG side is introduced to the competition.

“There is a lot of push from the government about an 18th team being in PNG. That is the reality. It may be difficult to do, but from a government point of view they think the relationship with Papua New Guinea is important. That is where the 18th team will come from.”“So it should,” Bennett said. “There’s no problems with Western Australia. We were there before and should never have left in 1998.

 

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