League: Daly Cherry-Evans's move embarrassing - Wayne Bennett

Daly Cherry-Evans is bound for the Gold Coast. Photo / Getty Images

Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett has weighed into the Daly Cherry-Evans saga, labelling the NRL's rules surrounding player movement as an "embarrassment" and an "indictment" of league.

As Manly contemplate a possible player swap involving the Gold Coast-bound five-eighth, Bennett said it was a terrible look for the game to have players committing to other clubs often a full season before their contracts had expired.

"It's an embarrassment to the game for me personally," Bennett said.

"We're all in on it, we all do it unfortunately.

"I remember being in England 20-odd years ago and it was very prevalent over there, and in our game it didn't happen. I thought that was wonderful and I thought it would never happen in our game."

Bennett said he was not an advocate for any particular system, as long as it took rugby league away from its annual early-season feeding frenzy.

"If you look across all of world sport, you'll realise most of them do it a hell of a lot better than we do," he said.

"They take no prisoners in soccer in regards to player movement. But they've got rules and windows and opportunities, so it's ridiculous to believe we can't do that.

"It's an indictment on what we're trying to do as football clubs, and the game we're trying to present."

Bennett admitted it was "destabilising" as a club to know a key player would be switching to a rival side the next season.

Meanwhile, South Sydney second-rower Kyle Turner will undergo neck surgery.

Turner spent two nights in a Gold Coast hospital after leaving the field in the fourth minute of the Indigenous All Stars match after being hit high by All Stars captain Paul Gallen in a tackle.

The club initially said Turner's condition was not serious, but he has been diagnosed with a protruding disc that was affecting his spinal cord.

The Rabbitohs premiership winner will undergo disc replacement surgery.

- AAP