Dolphins sign former Origin great

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New NRL broadside the Dolphins proceed to bolster their off-field line-up, with quality contiguous that erstwhile Bronco Ben Te'o volition articulation the club.

The Courier-Mail is reporting that Te'o volition nexus up with his erstwhile manager Wayne Bennett successful a mentoring role, aft announcing his status from rugby league earlier this year.

"The attack lone came successful the past fewer days and it was an accidental I couldn't sound back," Te'o told News Corp.

Ben Te'o successful enactment for Queensland during State of Origin successful 2014. (Sydney Morning Herald)

"When idiosyncratic similar Wayne opens the doorway for you to commencement your coaching journey, it's an astonishing opportunity.

"We person ne'er had a player-coach relationship, which is interesting, but we are starting a antithetic benignant of narration which I'm looking guardant to."

The 34-year-old spent the past 2 years backmost successful Brisbane pursuing a six twelvemonth stint successful rugby union.

Ben Te'o successful enactment for South Sydney during the 2014 expansive final. (Sydney Morning Herald)

He won a premiership with South Sydney successful 2014 earlier jumping vessel to Leinster successful the 15-man game, and represented England astatine planetary level 16 times.

He played 7 State of Origins for Queensland and had 1 headdress for Samoa earlier swapping sports.

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"There were immoderate opportunities astatine the Broncos but this is the close mode for maine to go," helium said.

"I commencement pre-season with the Dolphins connected the 15th of November and I'm reasoning astir however I privation the guys to bid and play.

"If I privation to coach, I request to person my ain team. It's truly important to bash a afloat season, thrust the highs and lows, and beryllium the main voice."

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The caller franchise are yet to denote immoderate on-field signings, though they person been linked with superstars including Kalyn Ponga and Daly Cherry-Evans, the second of whom's existent nine issued a hands disconnected informing past week.

"It's decidedly our program to marque definite Daly finishes a one-club player," Sea Eagles proprietor Scott Penn said.

In presumption of forwards, the nine had been linked with Parramatta mediate Reagan Campbell-Gillard until it was confirmed yesterday that he had re-signed with the Eels until the extremity of 2025.

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