Matty Johns: The running race that ignited a decades-long Wayne Bennett-Craig Bellamy rivalry

Matty Johns: The running race that ignited a decades-long Wayne Bennett-Craig Bellamy rivalry

Wayne Bennett and Craig Bellamy's intertwined rugby league careers, from competing in the 1980s to coaching success.

The Daily Telegraph

In sport, some individuals' careers seem to be intertwined. In rugby league, there's no greater example than Wayne Bennett and Craig Bellamy.

These two blokes have been playing cat and mouse since the 1980s.

Bellamy was a foundation player of the Canberra Raiders, a club who, in 1987, were sick of underachieving and signed Bennett to co-coach alongside Don Furner.

The first thing Bennett did was implement a new fitness regimen, including a 10km torture run which the players would endure once a week.

Bennett would not only join the players on the run - he would win. Every week....

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