TALK that Broncos coach Wayne Bennett won’t be at Red Hill next year continues to grow.

However, former assistant and Queensland coach Kevin Walters appears to be a ready-made replacement.

Are the Broncos even considering him for the job?

Meanwhile, Ben Hunt should not cop all the blame for the Dragons’ late season slide.

He has 16 teammates whose performance against the cellar-dwelling Eels on Saturday night was equally woeful.

But the reality is that in rugby league the halfback is more often than not the difference between success and failure.

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Hunt landed the Red V No.7 jumper with a $6-million cheque.

Zero runs for zero metres from a halfback who many thought was odds-on to lead the Dragons to a title just isn’t good enough.

For the first half of the season, Hunt looked to be a good investment.

But ever since Origin, and particularly Queensland’s decision to switch Hunt to the bench for the third game, he has failed to fire.

The loss of halves partner Gareth Widdop against the Eels should have been all the motivation Hunt needed to lift, but he failed to get himself into the game and the Dragons were legless.

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Again, he was not the only one who went missing on Saturday night, but there are six million reasons why St George Illawarra fans expect him to find some answers, and quickly.

There was plenty of other drama across the weekend.

The Chooks toughed out a win against the Bunnies, but look to have lost enforcer Jared Waerea-Hargreaves to broken ribs.

The Panthers got out of jail against the Titans, and nobody would have been more relieved than one Philip Gould.

The Tigers remain a mathematical chance to make the semis and the Sharks issued a timely reminder that they’re still a huge force in this competition, handing the Storm rare back-to-back defeats.