HOW BENNETT BECAME NRL’S LATEST WEIGHT LOSS GURU
Maybe it’s time for Wayne Bennett to go down the track of former Newcastle Knights premiership winner Adam “Mad Dog” MacDougall and develop his own weight loss program.
Because whatever the old supercoach is whispering to the Rabbitohs is certainly helping his players shed some kilos.
You don’t have to look hard to see how Latrell Mitchell’s body shape has been transformed this summer, while the reckon Cody Walker is also ready to rip.
But another player who has flown under the radar but has also dropped a stack of weight is gun backrower Keaon Koloamatangi.
Get this, Koloamatangi finished his final game last season tipping the scales at a whopping 117kg.
Yet when he returned for preseason training, he was down 11kg to 106kg.
At his best Koloamatangi is up with the most damaging backrowers in the game.
It just goes to show Latrell wasn’t the only Rabbitoh who lost his way last year.
BOOM BUNNY’S STUNNING SHOUT OUT TO SUPERCOACH
Here’s a name for Rabbitohs fans to put in the black book — Matthew Humphries.
The former Terrigal Junior was an absolute standout in the Rabbitohs’ thumping 58-12 first round SG Ball win over defending premiers St George.
Humphries scored two tries and kicked eight goals to finish with an individual haul of 24 points.
Even better, he then backed it up backed it up under Bennett’s watchful eyes by winning an endurance test at training on Tuesday, where the 18-year-old left the entire NRL squad in his wake.
Humphries spent the summer training with the top squad and is still doing two days a week with the NRL team while playing SG Ball.
Don’t be surprised if this kid is pushing for his debut later in the season.
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