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Message: [QUOTE="Super Freak, post: 2742812, member: 8536"] WAYNE Bennett is right to block Anthony Milford from playing for Samoa, Cowboys coach Paul Green says. Green has backed his former mentor and grand final adversary, stating the injury risk is too great to allow a player like Milford to play a Pacific Test. Green would know. Cowboys centre Tautau Moga ruptured his ACL representing Samoa in last year’s Pacific Test and was ruled out for the season. Injury concerns are understood to be the reason Bennett has refused to allow Milford, his best player this season, to represent Samoa. The decision has caused outrage, with an official online petition started at change.org on Friday. Green though said NRL clubs were left to pick up the pieces when a representative game went wrong and the risk outweighed the reward. “I fully understand why Wayne made the decision,” Green said. “I think everyone wants to encourage the international game but the clubs take on all the risk in respect to these games. “We lost Tautau Moga through the same game last year. “No one realises we have to keep paying his salary, rehab him and we are without that player who takes up a huge chunk of our salary cap. “Once those Tests are done and dusted no one really cares too much. “It is something the NRL needs to look at. You can tie it into the pre-season as everyone wants their piece of flesh from the players but often it is the clubs left with the risk. “We let our best players play State of Origin and I’m not suggesting we don’t play those games but the clubs are the ones holding all the risks.” [URL]http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/wayne-bennett-right-to-block-anthony-milford-from-samoa-test-says-cowboys-coach-paul-green/news-story/77e1aef2ddc68d818709258718dfafb4[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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