England coach Wayne Bennett is not fulfilling his responsibility to help grow the game, says former Great Britain international Iestyn Harris.
Harris told BBC Sport the Australian was “a disgrace” following England’s 38-12 Four Nations win over Scotland.
The England coach offered short responses to questions after Saturday’s game as well as before the opening defeat to New Zealand last week.
“It was a disgrace last week pre-game and that’s just shocking,” he said.
“He is the Alex Ferguson of management with his charisma and what he has done in the NRL.
“He has come over here to promote the game of rugby league, to promote it internationally and take it on to another level with his stature. He has got a responsibility to do those types of interviews.”
Spurs will play at a newly developed White Hart Lane from 2018, which with a capacity of 61,000 will be bigger than Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium home.
Under Wenger, Arsenal have never finished below Tottenham in the Premier League, but Spurs have closed the gap and Mauricio Pochettino’s men were only pipped into second on the final day of last season.
However, Wenger insists he is not concerned by Tottenham’s standing and the Frenchman stoked the fires ahead of Sunday’s North London derby by claiming that Spurs will remain in Arsenal’s shadow as long as the Gunners continue to go from strength-to-strength on the pitch.
“I do not think about Tottenham ever becoming a bigger club than Arsenal,” Wenger, whose side are just three points clear of Spurs in the table, was quoted as saying by several national newspapers.
“I think about Arsenal and making us as big as possible, making us stronger.
“We have a strong fan base, maybe the strongest in London, and as long as we do our job Arsenal will always be the stronger.
“No position is guaranteed. It is about doing our job, but at the end of the day everything is decided by what happens on the pitch. That is what the size of a club is about; consistency at the top level. That is just down to us.”
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