{"id":350264,"date":"2023-11-29T18:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350264"},"modified":"2023-11-29T21:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T21:01:47","slug":"bennett-banishes-cult-hero-from-pre-season-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=350264","title":{"rendered":"Bennett banishes cult hero from pre-season training"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL<\/a> career of Dolphins<\/a> cult hero Valynce Te Whare is on life support after he was banished from pre-season training because of his poor fitness.<\/p>\n

9News Queensland's Mark Gottlieb reports Te Whare hasn't trained for a fortnight since Dolphins pre-season began, and has been told he'll do no ball work until at least January.<\/p>\n

The club has taken the measures after coach Wayne Bennett<\/a> and Dolphins fitness staff were unimpressed with the condition he returned in for the start of pre-season.<\/p>\n

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\"Valynce<\/p>\n

Gottlieb reported Te Whare was in a similar condition 12 months ago ahead of the club's inaugural pre-season.<\/p>\n

Te Whare's condition has forced the club to issue him an ultimatum \u2013 shape up or ship out.<\/p>\n

Te Whare made a memorable debut for the Dolphins against the Sharks in Magic Round, scoring a spectacular double off the bench in the side's 36-16 win.<\/p>\n

\"Debutant's<\/p>\n

It was the first of 12 appearances for the season. He would score another four tries as a starting centre.<\/p>\n

Te Whare only switched to league from the 15-man game for the 2022 Queensland Cup season, where he won centre of the year.<\/p>\n

He previously worked as a groundkeeper at Dolphin Oval.<\/p>\n

There was already a question mark over Te Whare's future at the club, given the arrival of Herbie Farnworth from the Broncos and Jake Averillo from the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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