Wayne Bennett has called for the NRL to scrap the independent doctor in the bunker and put the onus for identifying possible concussions back solely on the clubs, with fines and points penalties used to reinforce it.
The NRL's concussions protocols were thrown back into the spotlight on Friday night after Kalyn Ponga was removed from the field late in Newcastle's loss to the Warriors.
Ponga claimed afterwards he was fine and did not know what incident had prompted the intervention of the independent doctor with the Knights down 14-12 before losing 20-12.
