How Wayne Bennett SHUT DOWN Karl Stefanovic's Queensland Origin Netflix Series

It had all the makings of a must-see documentary - a fly-on-the wall series made by streaming giant Netflix following the journey of the Queensland Origin side as they prepare for this year’s November series against NSW. Even loveable larrikin and die-hard Maroons supporter Karl Stefanovic had signed on to host the special series focusing on the lead-in to Game I in Adelaide. However they forgot about one giant roadblock; Wayne Bennett.

This morning on The Big Breakfast NRL insider Dobbo told listeners how rugby league’s answer to Amazon Prime’s ‘The Test’ got knocked on the head once the seventy-year-old caught wind of the idea.

“Unfortunately, no one decided to ask Wayne and Wayne absolutely threw the toys out of the cot”

Bennett told Dobbo that there was very simple reason why he did not want a six-person camera crew in his dressing room in preparation for his side young side's clash with the Blues.

“(Do) you want to win a state of Origin series or do you want to see us get flogged?”

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In a surprising twist, despite the massive international exposure it would have given the game, Bennett has some high-profile powerbrokers in his corner who backed his decision.

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