Bellamy fumes over rep withdrawals

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Rep rort ... Bellamy fumes over player withdrawals from the City-Country fixture. Source: Mark Stewart / News Limited

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has lashed the raft of players, and their clubs, who pulled out of last week's City-Country clash while throwing his support behind the ailing contest.

The future of the annual clash remains under a cloud after just over 4,000 people turned out at Coffs Harbour last Sunday to watch some of the NRL's elite contest what's billed as a State of Origin audition.

High tickets prices were blamed for the poor crowd but the pre-game withdrawal of around 10 top-liners, including NSW hooker Robbie Farah and wannabe Blues five-eighth Josh Reynolds didn't help.

Both those players, as well as halfback Mitchell Pearce who ruled himself out of the City/Country clash, have been picked to play for their clubs this weekend.

Bellamy, who coached the Country Origin team from 2005-07, said players and clubs had to take the game seriously again if it was to survive. 

"I was really disappointed this year with the amount of players who pulled out and how they pulled out,'' he said.

"When I was coach they had to be ruled out by the city or country doctor.

"With so many pulling out, and clubs and players were pulling themselves out, I don't think that's good.

"Being a proud country person I think it is important to have that on the calendar but we have to get back to treating it seriously; clubs, players and everyone involved in the game."

Bellamy also said the game should not have returned to Coffs Harbour after a similarly low crowd turned up to the clash in 2005.  

"It was on a Thursday night, and the crowd was really poor,'' he said.

"With the disappointment of the crowd on Sunday, I don't know whether that area will turn up to watch that game so perhaps it's not the right place to be playing it.''


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