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WAYNE Bennett has acted on the most unsavoury incident of the NRL finals, ordering his Knights centre Joey Leilua to stop verbally abusing injured opponents.
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In what was described as a "dog act" and lit up social media on Saturday night, Leilua screamed abuse at Storm forward Jordan McLean as he was lying on the ground in agony with a broken jaw.
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The injury occurred from an accidental head clash with Knights forward Alex McKinnon.
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Bennett revealed on Monday details of his post-match conversation with the young centre, but appealed : "Don't do a job on him".
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In fairness, the former Roosters centre who meets his old club this weekend, was unaware of the seriousness of his opponent's injury when he ran across and verballed McLean, sparking a flare-up between a about a dozen players.
"Yeah, I've had a word in his ear," Bennett said.
"I asked him why it happened and he was very candid.
"I just told him it's not who we are and it's not what we're about and I don't want to see it again.
"Look he's a young man who gets pretty pumped up out there. It just happens sometimes. We don't like it but we've moved on.
"The conversation's been had. The kid's not a mug."
Bennett said it's not the first time unacceptable sledging has occurred this year.
He mentions the match against the Cowboys six weeks ago when his prop Kade Snowden was sent-off for a shoulder charge.
"It was disgraceful what they carried on with but no-one made that a headline. We can all be very selective.
"I'm just not a fan of that stuff in teams I coach."
Until Saturday night, Leilua had been incident-free all season.
He joined Bennett at the Knights after a troubled stint at the Roosters which included a four-week NRL suspension for off-field misbehaviour.
"I've got a good relationship with him and he's been darn good for us," Bennett said.
"He's easy to communicate with, he tries hard, he's played great footy for us.
"He's got a good sense of humour, he's made some mates and likes living in the town. It's a good environment and he's happy."
This weekend against the Roosters, Bennett will send out two centres who have rebuilt their careers after being dumped by previous clubs for misconduct.
Like Leilua, former Broncos centre Dane Gagai has been outstanding in the Knights backline.
"Those two boys together have been great for us," Bennett said.
"They're very good friends, have hit off together and have been a tremendous assets for us.
"They've got a lot of good role models around them with the older guys who can relate to them because a few of them have had chequered pasts too."
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