NSW brains trust to feast on Bellamy's wisdom
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The Blues will have the opportunity to pick the brain of super coach Craig Bellamy after the Melbourne mentor was invited into the inner sanctum in the lead-up to the first match of the State of Origin series.
Bellamy has been extended an invitation to dine with the squad at the swanky Il Duca restaurant in East Melbourne on Monday night, two days before the game. It will give the current team and staff an opportunity to seek his counsel, as well as that of other luminaries who have featured in previous interstate campaigns.
Craig Bellamy at Blues training in 2010.
Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Bellamy is no stranger to the State of Origin arena. The premiership-winning coach oversaw three campaigns as NSW coach, between 2008 and 2010, but a series win proved elusive. The 58-year-old’s stocks have risen considerably since, winning premierships and confirming the Storm as the NRL’s benchmark side.
He is now considered the best coach in the game and has been offered the job at the Broncos in a move that could prematurely end the career of seven-time title-winner Wayne Bennett at Red Hill.
Bellamy always struggled to coach against his former Storm players during Origin, one of the factors behind his decision to step down from the role. While Maroons stalwarts Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk have retired from representative level, Melbourne will still provide Billy Slater, Will Chambers, Cameron Munster and Felise Kaufusi to the Maroons side for the opening game at the MCG.
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