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Pillow prank explains how Bennett's magic still works

Wayne Bennett's gags are part of what makes him a master motivator. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Campbell Graham tells a story about how Wayne Bennett, the South Sydney coach from an analog era, is still able to keep up with a squad of players who have been brought up in a digital age.

Graham brings up the time the Rabbitohs coach - all 76 years old of him - rolled into training one day and challenged pocket-sized halfback Ashton Ward to a bench-press competition as a way of breaking the ice.

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