Cook AXED amid Bunnies turmoil! - Could Bennett be the key for Souths 👀 | NRL 360 | Fox League

The NRL 360 panel discuss the breaking news of Damien Cook being axed from the Rabbitohs and why this might have taken place. The panel then discuss the likelihood of Wayne Bennett coming back to the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
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[@brendankihjoiu2670]

Scapegoating cook. Sure he’s playing below his standard but wtf is walker doing?

[@Blade223s]

Oh here we go, of course it's someone else's fault. They can do no wrong hey

[@gerardroll6468]

Even league experts everywhere are at a loss trying to figure that out 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@imalwaysright]

Scapegoat? Questionable. They're not going to play two inexperienced halves.

[@macetaylor409]

THE WHOLE TEAM IS PLAYING BELOW STANDARD 😂😂😂

[@papipanda5753]

5e5eE😢​

[@daveross1638]

I bet someone is regretting their decision to leave Canberra

[@darrell3975]

Didn't wighton leave Canberra because he wanted to win a premiership 😂

[@iancocks9408]

@@darrell3975overall we are playing better this year than last year. Wighton makes no difference to the team since 2021

[@maxfish4770]

Canberra must be giggling, Strange has stepped right up, knew he was above average but thought it would be 2 years before he cracked first grade. Roosters let him go to

[@taupirimea3774]

Not CNK 😂UPDAWAHS 💯

[@kyleflizz23]

Rabbitohs are completely cooked

[@John-kv7jo]

They might win on the weekend. Beware a wounded team.

[@thomaswest9895]

Nice word play 👍🏿

[@matty_ice1710]

Its like they forgot about pre season they all look unfit and lazy

[@rsoul9551]

@@John-kv7joWhat about the week after that?😂

[@John-kv7jo]

@@rsoul9551 The could cotinue their winning run after that. All it takes is one win for a team to get some confidence.

[@shmoo6508]

Sam Burgess spoke about the lack of fairness in dealing with accountability and discipline no matter who the player is. This has ultimately caused discontent within the playing group and the results speak for themselves. It's not the players but the leadership at souths that have let the club down. JD has to go

[@maxfish4770]

JD got rid of Reynolds, then Sammy. Both are doing better than the blokes they should have let go

[@paulnoble3475]

Cook? And you keep Mitchell and Walker? WTF!

[@Viaterarising]

Mitchells suspended anyway that's neither here nor there.

[@maxfish4770]

​@Viaterarising should have been dropped long before that, no coincidence the chooks were happy for him to leave and poach Sualii

[@floodwaters8887]

Lets face it Rabbits should be in a premiership window right now but they let there star Halfback sign with the Broncos.

[@doogi30]

you got dat brainrot

[@jackthelab6755]

Adam chose to be disloyal not Souths champ

[@CommissionerManu]

@@jackthelab6755hahaha in your dreams mate. Offering the captain and half that took you to a grand final that year only *half* the salary for the next year, is a absolute disgrace

[@jackthelab6755]

@CommissionerManu adam was paid overs early in his career He was offered good money to stay but only on one year deals the same as the loyal John Sutton took . Adam goes missing in crucial moments Did you see the Bronco's get run down in 10mins to lose a GF

[@Thisdracoundefeated]

Tallis Duncan is the confusing one for me… a young star who has plenty of talent and tries his heart out (when your senior forwards are floundering) and you get rid of him?? Not the move I’d make if I ‘had 80 minutes to secure my career’

[@clarkkent1340]

Hes pretty average if we are being honest. Media hyped the kid up and didnt live up to the hype.

[@Thisdracoundefeated]

@@clarkkent1340 I’d say he hasn’t ’lived up’ because he’s not got the runs on the board, he only gets 20-30 minutes a week when selected, with a bit more time he could be a gun

[@clarkkent1340]

@@Thisdracoundefeated or he could go worse. For all we know hes playing at max capacity.

[@nswpublicservant]

The coach has killed a few careers in Redfern in his short time. The ultimate dud coach. He probably called Latrell and Cody to ask permission to do anything.

[@cameronporter5257]

I'm surprised Adrian Lam's name isnt being brought up. Would be interesting to see how that would go down.

[@warawoman1134]

Kent ..... you would be the one to know "what's right and what's WRONG" lol

[@AlGreenLightThroughGlass]

The hunger aint there

[@user-lz2vw4ly5r]

Damien Cook was an Origin centre!!!

[@abdulazeem6693]

Freddy was ahead of his time

[@John-kv7jo]

He's getting older and he's not the same player he used to be. Time for the Bunnies to get young blood. The problem is that their spine is aging and can't keep up with the younger players in the league.

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

And a beach sprinter!!

[@dbo4506]

@@John-kv7jo you don’t get jokes do ya champ 🥴

[@crazykuntz7671]

The Rabbits were training on Aussie Stadium when one player stumbled on a powedery white substance on the field that he had never seen before. Not being one to experiment with drugs he had the experts called in to find out what the substance was. After thorough testing the results came back to the the club. What he had found was the tryline.

[@kinchegayowie6167]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jackthomson73]

What a coincidence 😮. The tigers had the same problem last year 😂 👍👍👍. Go tigers.

[@nswpublicservant]

the joke is as old as Walker and his form.

[@rhzyo]

Original joke right here lol

[@crazykuntz7671]

@@nswpublicservant Oldie but a goodie😁

[@DeeREWA267]

Warriors really put the nail in the coffin for the bunnies

[@jacksemenoff2148]

The writing was on the wall when Reynolds left, never been the same since.

[@SilkySkillsUnited]

They made it to a prelim without Reynolds…

[@zaneplatt3533]

I am confused at how Bennett left the club in anything but a perfectly good position. He told them of his departure early on, he got them to a premiership without Latrell and everyones best performances were under him. What more was he supposed to do? The club is simply at the end of their run (they made numerous prelims and a GF) and needs to reset.

[@DavidMitchison-hp2jq]

Makes zero sense to drop the only star player that has been having a go.

[@jalexander9698]

They didn’t drop murray?

[@bluebagel8084]

​@@jalexander9698😅😊

[@mikediao15]

star? bruh him and Murray are they having a stinker..... the fact that only Latrell was getting heat is crazy.

[@jalexander9698]

@mikediao15 is it tho? He's the highest paid, most talented and the least performing. Pretty fair I'd say

[@mikediao15]

@@jalexander9698 He might be the highest paid player but that doesn’t mean all the front line, the Lack front line, underperforming Hooker or bad combo at the half’s is all his fault. He’s an easy target. You have Murray who is the captain getting the first penalty of the game.

[@brettstewart420]

First illias, and now cook... Both scapegoats for the real problem... Latrell and walker

[@fabcastro2129]

very true

[@imalwaysright]

Who are you going to play at #6?

[@damienmason3807]

The coaches are dub as f***. When Latrell comes back play him at Centre. Cook is no different to anyone. They get rich then relax because their life is comfortable.

[@bondoqbn7318]

Jack Wighton at fullback. Maybe he will then win a premiership with Souths.

[@ChiefWiggum-sf7uq]

Wighton is not a fullback best at lock or 5/8

[@abdulazeem6693]

Cook the Origin centre! Yeeeew

[@nznative8825]

Demetrious makes the plan that they play.

[@robertbursle5421]

Cook has been the best player in Souths back row for years, he hasn’t been supported by those outside him.

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

Back row???? You got the wrong guy!! Never played back row!!! You mean Hosty???

[@juliuscaesar2583]

So when does he drop walker and mitchell, never, doesn't have the balls. Uselees coach piss him off as well as mitchell

[@Blade223s]

Sook.... He made the right decision look at the stats dumby

[@thegeneral8082]

Am I the only one that supports the dropping of cook? He’s defence has been poor and it’s very rare he runs the balls nowadays

[@crazykuntz7671]

You only have to look at the points differential of the bunnies to see the whole teams defence is poor.

[@siquanwu3131]

You are not, he is getting old and his biggest weapon speed is diminishing, which is normal, but he refused to change and probably that’s the only way he knows how to play.

[@nznative8825]

Its the style of footy they're playing ,attack and defense, cooky is a worker for the team.

[@freedomofchoicelover3734]

He is clearly over busting his arse beside aboriginals that all they do is break people's jaws,start fights and are grubs, rest of the team is the same latrell and Cody should be the ones sacked

[@laterzunk1187]

When Cody wants the ball he HAS to get that ball

[@kylegibson5933]

Cam Murray and Cook have been carrying souths as far as i can tell, you can tell they go out and actually play to win.

[@TraversClark]

Good. I think they need to get rid of Cook, Walker, Whighton and Mitchell. They have been crap.

[@lauifisaufoisamoa]

How can these guys say that Wayne is only interested in going to premiership ready teams but his literally building the dolphins!!

[@mikediao15]

all they can do is fired the coach and get new coach with new system. These problems stem from the poor coaching.

[@GoldBawls]

Good start, too late for the coach.

[@ajm82]

I wonder who the next Wayne Bennett is? Oh wait, there isn't one. The NRL and the sports media need to stop their obsession with Bennett and start talking up some of young coaches. Wayne's not coaching forever..start searching for the next generation of coaches. It's funny in 2024 a club struggles and every news person goes for the easy pick, "What about Wayne"? 😂

[@shademclellan8261]

Sounds like a lot of fans have Cook in their Fantasy/SuperCoach teams... 😅

[@NEUTRALIZER70]

At The End Of The Day It's The Player's Who Decides The Outcome Of The Game? 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@tomcoleman8753]

Ever since August 12th 2023, South Sydney have only won 1 game....

[@kylegibson5933]

Well they've had a bad start this year and generally from September to March is time off? Using months that are off seasons to make it seem much worse than it is 😂

[@tomcoleman8753]

@@kylegibson5933 yea I know, it works doesn't it ahahahaha

[@samrainima9111]

Should have kept Reynolds, let go of Walker, and focused on Jye Gray at 5/8. That's his position. Literally plays like Mam. I'd release Mitchell and buy Tristian Sailor. Holmes is the better player but Drinkwater is the better fullback. Mitchell needs to switch to centre if he stays.

[@amitprasad1298]

Why does Kent talk as though he was an ex player/legend? He's so abrasive and always shouting. Obviously his court case didn't humble him.

[@shaimac9864]

Cody gas a tantrum when cook runs the ball. Go back and watch cook run the ball for the last 3yrs and you'll see Cody yelling at him. That's why cook isn't the same as he was 4yrs ago..

[@justlinsu]

You are kidding me the first two commentators said they were surprised but then whent on to agree with JD ... sighting one game where he missed a tackle...wtf? When week after week Cook is up there with the top tacklers. Does anyone ever check the tackle counts after a game ....I do. it's always Cam Murray and Cook...I'm so p*ssed off with the South management team...I don't even want to watch their next game... Been a fan for decades but for me the tide changed when they turned their backs on Reynolds....and now Sam Burgess.

[@nicholasnorliffe46]

first player to be dumped is MITCHELL

[@Jimmyjim4]

Move Cook to centre

[@user-mn9hz2mv8b]

The players are not inspired by their coach - results tell it all. Players operate as autonomous units rather than as a cohesive team.

[@johnsonwithat2322]

Firing everyone but Latrell and Walker

[@dyrtybarstud5261]

Cook has been dropped because he called out JD for not holding Walker and Mitchell accountable to the rest of the team and the board told JD to bench him. Seems more likely than dropping your dummy half when your entire team is playing like they could not care less.

[@imalwaysright]

wasn't that Johnston?

[@steverenfrew5223]

The truth is,clubs dont drop the highest paid players,its a bad look.They dont want to look like fools,which they are.

[@gengarpokemon7731]

no idea how to coach plain and simple.

[@wolfy_conservative911]

You drop your best player... #justiceforcook

[@voodoo34667]

cook is and has been for a long time showing his age he darts and dips but doesnt even move through the opposition anymore he plays like a dog running back and forth at the fence

[@Blade223s]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[@jackbrowne8849]

Womp womp

[@DBASSDAN]

JD will be replaced by Burgess, it reads like a book.

[@serdar2580]

The green light is on to the control tower and the bunnies on its way and they are about to jump all set and racing

[@tim0895]

(SSHDA) South Sydney have died again

[@darrengifford7442]

We have the wrong JD. Jim Dymock is the man for the job.

[@nswpublicservant]

Yet walker hasn't had a good game in a year and is protected. The coach is so afraid of dumping Walker, he is debuting a 5/8 at fullback to protect Walker. Dumping Cook is a cheap shot by a coach on his way out the door. He dumped Ilias and now Cook, while Latrell and Walker get off free again. Latrell can cry to his mates all he likes. Playing victim protects him from growing as a person. The ultimate cuddle is in effect.

[@markcheval7579]

The problem is that they have 3-4 solid origin players (cook, murray, latrell, wighton) barring the injury of campbell graham and the rest are bums

[@CQuinnLady]

Dolphins dont want Bennett to eave and I believe he has been offered coach for life... dont quote me.

[@maxfish4770]

Depends on his relationship with Rusty, possible if they are close

[@unluckytourist]

I thought the second half of last year was a bit of a bumpy road. This year barely into the season the wheels have just completely fallen off. How weird.

[@BrettGrady-vf4kx]

Trellmit OUT! Bennett the Super Coach IN!!! Job sorted!!

[@anthonyocarroll5630]

You all wrong Sam has just had his Contract extended.even if he did.its goodbye Latrel and Cody Walker The will be better without them.and I blame the Media putting on pedestal

[@CQuinnLady]

How can u play at ur best when u have a crap coach, a grub fullback who can only run as far as the local maccas and they dump Cook??

[@Blade223s]

Sook 😂 look at you carrying on hahaha sook

[@CJH94]

He's been more than that. He spent the whole off-season talking on James graham's podcast about how it wasn't an issue and defending himself blaming it on the media

[@SilkySkillsUnited]

Christ, teams struggle all the time but the amount of media Souths is getting right now is insane. The bunnies really live rent free in these clown journos heads 😂

[@metalz3033]

Latrell took himself out... Not JD because he doesn't have the guts

[@abdul-hadimoussa5146]

When Gus criticised Mitchell last year, the Journos on this show all thought Gus was crazy and bagged him. Look at them now. Bunch of losers the journos on this show. Clear agenda.

[@sandorclegane3658]

Kenty makes it sound like Wayne and JD didn't communicate with each other about day to day player management.

[@imalwaysright]

Have you noticed that Kent tried to out-muscle everyone on the show. He wants to be the one with all the info and the final say. Typically talks over people too.

[@peterandrews7434]

Spare the rod, spoil the child

[@bradley7674]

Bunnies are a lost cause.

[@Alekosdw]

Mamouzelos has been ready for weeks ! 💯 Regardless how do you sack a bloke with over 50 percent win rate

[@matthewgrainger7059]

How does cook get dropped before Mitchell

[@richardcooper4336]

Souths need to look at their roster and rebuild . Cody walker damien cook are getting on and Mitchell is drama more than it’s worth despite his talent . Biggest mistake was letting Reynolds go

[@nagibkanaan2464]

Cook part of problem Done nothing running or tackling He seems not interested He should watch api at the tigers

[@jeremymartin-ys3gj]

I like the show and i get the format with the journalist BUT these 2 contribute nothing.paul kent shut them down on every point useless.

[@AshleyJOsborne]

The big ugly axe.

[@darrell3975]

Why would you drop cook and keep Mitchell

[@daleviker5884]

mitchell is suspended for three weeks.

[@freedomofchoicelover3734]

Cook should go to raiders...

[@frankbotic9953]

No thanks

[@malsmith2012]

Gee I wish Flanno was available. No BS guy and will be around for a while..

[@jason_Doodley]

About time he was dropped to Reserve grade. We were successful off the back of his and Isaac Luke previously, driving the team forward with running momentum. He has completely shut down that part of his game and is just tackling and passing the ball from dummy half. In this day and age, the Hooker has to run otherwise they don’t deserve their place in the team. Walker should be next. As I personally predicted, his cockup intercept pass in the GF against the Panthers a couple of years ago has stuffed his confidence and he has gone downhill since. It’s time to start rebuilding the team because the overpaid spine is not performing and most likely past their use by date. And JD? That duffer should have been sacked long ago. Name one professional sporting team, of any sport, that wins five from past twenty games and still keeps the losing coach? Get rid of the clueless clown.

[@julianalderson3938]

Yer blame it one 1 player. Ok

[@thorsarmygaming4873]

Idk how you can blame Cook, Rabbits literally have 0 field position and ruck speed. Can't really blame Cook entirely for that. If you're not generating quicker play of the balls due to unwillingness to fight for each meter and put in energy to get out of the wrestle. If Jason can open heart say Peter is better in every facet than cook then yeah give him the spot but it won't be the case. Unlike grey fullback like to put in alot of effort defensively which trell seems slow to do and in attack. Unlikely be as explosive as trell but general involvement should be higher based on defensive sweeping alone.

[@clevelandwilliams5922]

When the job is on the line and the buck stops with JD now, guess what, the protection racket is no more. Now he puts his foot down. JD was an assistant to Bennett he should meticulously studied coaching strategies he took. Not only take what he wanted, once again no excuse the buck stops with him.

[@garybaltiejus7248]

There is definitely " blind loyalty" going on but the party is well and truly over, they have an ageing list and failed to make finals last year, for the first time in years

[@kenpaine1618]

Rugby league coaches are like politicians they get rewarded for failure they get rid of them then they bring them

[@maxfish4770]

The trouble is aside from Bennett and Bellamy the rest are pretty much the same, creates a merry go round

[@user-cb5tl5fu3w]

They quickly forgot the Josh Mansour brouhaha from just a few weeks ago, JD was never protecting his players, he is part of a bigger problem in the management of the club. JD is not the solution ......

[@fredflintstone6729]

Pretty obvious the some of the self proclaimed core players are entitled brats who got far too much control of the locker room.

[@4str4vgt96]

LOL they renewed his contract for a further 2 years and now they're dropping him.

[@thomaswest9895]

I love cody walker i love to see my fellow black brothers win but man I've been saying that we should of stayed with Adam Reynolds and let cody go to a struggling team like tigers or titans Reynolds and Jack Whitton in the half would of been perfect i think they should of dropped cody not cooky

[@buddysally886]

He’s finished with nsw now

[@lizard9437]

No chance Bennett goes down there!!People forget he is 74 years old and wants to enjoy his last years without the BS!!

[@daleviker5884]

Yep, and even if he was younger, why would he take on a basket case? He's a footy coach, not a magician.

[@julianalderson3938]

Dont let the media pick you apart either souths!

[@88-V-..-A-..-N-88]

Why would Wayne come back at this point ?

[@Hbomer]

Bruh howd walker not get axed first

[@bbkingwasthegreatest711]

There is no way Wayne is coming back to Sydney when there is a good chance of the Dolphins getting to a Grand Final.

[@matty_ice1710]

Dolphins are a few years off that. But no chance he would come back to souths they need a full rebuild

[@bbkingwasthegreatest711]

@@matty_ice1710 Things are different, with the NRL and its cap, if Bennett can get assemble a good cohesive squad, he is the sort of coach who can manage that. Look at what Jack Gibson did for Parramatta years ago.

[@abs1784]

J.D ain't dropping walker , so instead they use cook as a scapegoat 😂😂😂..

[@brendanchapman6890]

Burgess can’t be a head coach because he has only 7 games experience yet benji marshall had none? Journos just making up rubbish, if he is good enough they will appoint him

[@mxlarge6915]

Good comments from Kent. That is what I think and I hope they do get back on track, because the culture at the moment sucks worse than ever, maybe in the clubs history.

[@RitchButch]

Cook too slow to get the ball out from dummy half great call

[@eddierivers5060]

The Rabbitohs are Kakaa on and off da paddock 💩💩😂😂

[@joshcostello9158]

Drop Walker how about that? He is their protected player

[@Blade223s]

Here we go.... The boo hoo unfair treatment comment.

[@imalwaysright]

they're not going to put two inexperienced halves in

[@DIVLJIVUK]

​@@Blade223swalker and latrell are the problem.

[@JustTheTipNRLPodcast]

Sure drop Damien Cook... but Mamouzelos? Could be a 1-2 week dropping to fire up Cook

[@joewrigley399]

This bulldog guy talks in absolute riddles, get shut of him

[@zaneplatt3533]

Their main star isn't a consistent performer. Their backs lack athleticism. Their five eighth and hooker are old. Walker and Latrell aren't leaders and have bad attitudes, etc. When you actually look at their current situation, it is much more about squad management than X's and O's.

[@Jokesterz]

Ever since Brad fitler player him at center in origin he hasn’t been the same he doesn’t deserve to be on the team but in saying that over half of them players don’t deserve to be playing LATRELL ESPECIALLY! He can go play in the center let the kid play fullback or piss off

[@themanwithnothingtolose]

What's this talk about Bennett? He's done with the Rabbits. Too many man-babies in that locker room

[@jacktattis]

stop stirring the crap with Bennet and others You Journos are half the Problem Burgess/ Bennet these men are contracted to other clubs Stuff South Sydney let them look elsewhere.

[@rodneyalbertholland5615]

It's all too late