Brent Reid

Well, so it's two things, right, Dobby?

The Melman-Bengarna thing's been floating around for a while.

Now, obviously, Mel didn't appoint Bengarna.

The NRL did.

So the suggestion has been that...

Mel hasn't been overly happy with how that process unfolded and that's led to a little bit of tension within the coaching ranks because Ben is obviously, the plan has been to succeed Mel.

I think Mel coached him maybe the first two years and then Ben takes over.

That's the plan long term.

And that was an NRL plan, not a Mel Meninga plan.

So that's where, excuse me, that tension's coming from.

Yeah.

And obviously Mel's come out publicly today.

We quoted him a month ago saying, I'm not going anywhere.

This is a legacy piece for me.

I'm here, you know, through the good times and bad, right?

So I guess the question, if that's the case, is what does Ben do?

Is he willing to hang around?

Look, to me, I don't think this relationship is –

Right, is unmendable.

It doesn't sound like this relationship's at a point where they're going to go their separate ways.