According to some of our media, the only English players there were the NRL ones who were at the hotel waiting for their return flights to Australia. So Dom Young, Victor the Inflictor, Tom Burgess, Luke Thompson? Thompson might be the link to Bentley being there, although it could just have been a few of the England team going back for a few post-tournament drinks and to say bye to those going back to the NRL.
It doesn't sound great, but this kind of thing will happen when you've got rugby lads and alcohol I guess. It's a concern that Wane was involved though, he should the leader in terms of behaviour in the role he's in and arguing with Bentley doesn't sound like it should have been happening. It could all be Bentley's fault, but that is what the investigation is, in theory, supposed to find out. I suspect there will be a circling of wagons and nothing comes of it, bar Bentley slipping further down Wane's list of players to pick for England. There were however a few high profile incidents during Wane's time at Wigan, the gym brawl, a glassing/bottle incident etc. Hopefully the 1980s drinking culture isn't being reintroduced to the national team setup.
Wane is lucky he's coach of the RL team and no one in the media over here cares. Can you imagine if Gareth Southgate had a drunken argument in a bar with an England player and Harry Kane ended up headbutting them? It'd be in the news for months and he'd likely be forced out of his job.
