{"id":526490,"date":"2026-03-08T09:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526490\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T09:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T09:44:10","slug":"wayne-bennett-urges-fans-not-to-jump-on-the-field-alex-johnston-try-scoring-record-ken-irvine-south-sydney-rabbitohs-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526490\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Bennett urges fans not to jump on the field, Alex Johnston try-scoring record, Ken Irvine, South Sydney Rabbitohs, nrl news"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Sydney Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett has urged fans not to jump on the field when Alex Johnston breaks the try-scoring record as the winger inched one step closer on Sunday afternoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After scoring against the Dolphins in a match that consisted of 70 points (40-30), Johnston now sits two tries away from breaking Ken Irvine\u2019s all-time tryscoring record that has stood for more than five decades.<\/p>\n

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And this could very well happen next week when the Cardinal and Myrtle face their arch-rivals Sydney Roosters, at Allianz Stadium on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

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Speaking post-match, coach Wayne Bennett was asked whether he was open to fans jumping onto the field when the record is finally broken.<\/p>\n

The same thing that happened a few years ago at the Sydney Cricket Ground when AFL icon Lance Franklin kicked his 1000th goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I don\u2019t. I do not. It\u2019s not our game so don\u2019t you start writing it,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t accept (that) it\u2019ll probably happen. I don\u2019t see why it should happen, no comprehension of why it should happen <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the respect of the game that\u2019s the important thing here. We play for 80 minutes, you stay off the field regardless and I believe in that. The end of the game, no problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Admitting that he doesn\u2019t want to see fans jump the barricade and celebrate the milestone feat on the field, he preferred that people not encourage it in the lead-up to their upcoming matches out of respect for the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just not part of it. I prefer we didn\u2019t talk about it and we won\u2019t be encouraging people to do it and the last thing I don\u2019t want to see is a game of football and all of a sudden (there\u2019s people on the field)<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many are we going to allow on the field? Where\u2019s that going to stop? And how long before the game gets started again and all the things that can happen with it?<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, let\u2019s not encourage it, let\u2019s make sure it doesn\u2019t happen and be respectful for the game and for him and for all the guys who play the game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Sydney Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett has urged fans not to jump on the field when Alex Johnston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-526490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}