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Dolphins coach has warned Penrith Panthers rival Ivan Cleary he'd better get used to rival clubs trying to pinch his players.

“Welcome to the NRL. The more you develop, the happier the other clubs are. “They’ve taken two of his best players off him,” Bennett said. And when I came back and had another four years, there were plenty of young players who had gone off to play with other clubs. “I coached the Broncos for 21 years, there was no-one under more pressure than we were at the height of our fame. “They won the under-19s, they win this, they win everything. “I know from experience that sometimes you have to let them go because you can’t keep them all.

'Have I heard a complaint there?': Bennett hits back at Cleary in war of words over Dolphins raids.

“They won the under-19s, they win this, they win everything. Everyone wants more [money], nobody comes in to sign a contract and asks for less. “The game decided a long time ago to have a salary cap so each team would have the same amount of money to spend on players, and distribute the players more evenly across the clubs. And they need opportunities. “There’s a reason they are the best clubs, because they have the best players. “All of us have to remember we get our players from somewhere, and why wouldn’t you take them from the best clubs you possibly can if you can do that?” Bennett said to the Sydney Morning Herald.

He returns to Storm on a train and trial deal after a two-year absence from rugby league. Tonumaipea played 43 NRL matches for Storm between 2014-18. He made ...

“I’m buzzing and ready to go.” He now returns to Storm where it all started. It’s done a full circle.

NRL.com takes a look at some of the players to watch throughout the tournament. Mardi Longford (Australian Defence Force). ADF prop Mardi Longford arrives to ...

Capable of playing on the wing or at fullback, Fisher plays for Wynnum Manly in the BMD Premiership is close to being picked up by an NRLW club. A promising playmaker from Queensland, Ratu is destined for big things in the game ahead of a possible under 19s Origin debut later this month if she can perform at the tournament. A member of the premiership-winning Roosters Tarsha Gale Cup side, Lloyd-Phillips is back for another tournament after representing NSW in the under 19s curtain raiser last season. Chester, a rising back-rower, was signed by Newcastle on a development deal and made her return to the field in the Harvey Norman NSW Premiership. The younger sister of Eels enforcer Kennedy Cherrington, Rueben will feature in her second tournament after making a move from Western Australia following her school studies. ADF prop Mardi Longford arrives to the Championships with plenty of promise.