Wayne Bennett's failure to do any media while in Britain over the past two weekends has been criticised by the former England team PR boss. Bennett made the most of Brisbane's bye when he put on his England coach's cap and attended three Super League games in preparation for the Four Nations in October. But at the time of writing, he had not done any media at all unless being filmed from a distance sitting in a grandstand counts. "Shocking. He should be speaking to the media. The game never learns. Opportunity to promote the Autumn tournament," tweeted Danny Reuben, who has now taken a senior position with England cricket. Mixing business with business: England and Broncos coach Wayne Bennett. Credit:Getty Images The RL media need to be stronger & pressure the RFL into putting up Bennett. Other mainstream sports wouldn't stand for it. Need to ask why? — Danny Reuben (@dannyreuben) June 16, 2016 The first two matches Bennett attended, Huddersfield-Wakefield and Wigan-Widnes, featured just a try apiece.

World Club challenged NRL officials insist no decision has been taken to scale down the World Club Series, even though the idea of sending only two teams has been discussed. It was reported on Friday the tournament, which has had a rollercoaster existence since 1976 with anywhere between two and 22 teams involved in any given year, would involve only two southern hemisphere sides in 2017. "There's been no decision on the number of teams involved in next year's World Club Series," an NRL spokesman said. However, Set of Six understands there is a strong inclination towards sending only two. This year's World Club Challenge saw a clean sweep by southern hemisphere clubs, each time by a comfortable margin. New record for Slade There wasn't much to recommend Saturday night's 20-10 win by St George Illawarra over Melbourne but the inclusion of Slade Griffin in the Storm side was interesting. The mass late changes in the Melbourne side upset punters, with Cameron Munster, Blake Green and Tim Glasby joining the club's Origin stars on the sideline an hour before kick-off. Coincidentally, Griffin was suspended for two matches in 2014 for betting on games in which he was not involved, and at the time officials said they would look at tightening rules regarding the transparency of team selection. Back in the big league: Slade Griffin. Credit:Bradley Kanaris

Nothing of note has changed since. It had been 1056 days since Griffin's previous first-grade appearance. "I've been thinking about this game for two years now, just to pull this purple shirt on again," he told the club's website. Eel take it easy on us Parramatta coach Brad Arthur has appeared to admit he went easy on his team at training when their 12-point salary cap penalty was first handed down. "There was a period of a couple of weeks when the news first broke," Arthur told Triple M, "where I dropped our standards at training … and it showed a little bit on the field. We've tightened it back up." The points are due to be formally stripped this week. Friday night's vanquished, South Sydney, have gone in the other direction. "We've leaked 28, 30 points in the last few weeks which is uncharacteristic for our club," Sam Burgess said at training on Saturday morning. "The boys are hurting, disappointed and it's not through lack of effort." Loading Tunks won't front