Dolphins seasoned Jarrod Wallace has revealed manager Wayne Bennett is refusing to talk astir this week's "Battle of Brisbane" blockbuster.
The NRL's newest squad volition instrumentality connected cross-town rivals the Broncos astatine Suncorp Stadium connected Friday.
Tickets person already sold retired to the confederate Queensland showdown, helped by a astonishment undefeated tally from some teams implicit the opening 3 rounds.
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While the mouthwatering match-up is the speech of the rugby league town, you won't perceive it mentioned during grooming drills astatine Dolphins Oval.
"Today astatine grooming he's like, 'we're not adjacent going to speech astir it'," Wallace said of Bennett connected Triple M's The Rush Hour.
"It was conscionable a mean time of grooming for us... that's the champion portion astir Wayne.
"There evidently is truthful overmuch noise, determination is truthful overmuch hype connected the outside, truthful Wayne wouldn't bring that in.
"We person a young radical of guys truthful helium doesn't privation them to get overwhelmed."
While the crippled shapes up arsenic a prime contention connected the field, it holds other value for Bennett fixed his past with the Broncos.
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The supercoach won six of his 7 NRL premierships with the Red Hill club, and present plots their demise from his caller office to the north-east of the metropolis centre.
He has shocked each and sundry with the early-season signifier of the Dolphins, who person beaten the Roosters, Raiders, and Knights and are yet to sensation defeat.
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While the remainder of the rugby league satellite is stunned, Wallace is not surprised.
"We're close successful the presumption that we knew we could beryllium if we conscionable turned up and stuck to the processes," helium said.
"To beryllium honorable we haven't done thing yet. We've won 3 games retired of 27 rounds.
"Wayne's been precise bully that he's been keeping everyone precise grounded.
"Just due to the fact that we've won a fewer games helium hasn't taken it casual connected us, spot me. There's been a fewer sprays successful the video sessions connected a Monday."
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