Broncos coach Wayne Bennett in Brisbane on Sunday as it was revealed he had been sacked by the club

The Brisbane Broncos reportedly sacked Wayne Bennett for a breach of his contract after it was revealed the master coach had been in contact with Souths players and was even organising a pre-season camp.The move is believed to have cost Bennett the million-dollar payout he was holding out for.Bennett was sensationally sacked over voicemail on Sunday with Broncos CEO Paul White unable to make contact with the 68-year-old to inform him of the club’s decision.Although it was widely speculated that sacking the coach would involve making a rich payout, The Courier Mail is reporting Bennett will be paid around $300,000 for
image rights, but will see none of his football department contract money.It’s believed he will not take legal action against his former club.“I know News Corp didn’t want to pay him out because he’s such a legendary figure in Queensland and they obviously didn’t want to pay him out $1 million either,” Phil Rothfield told Macquarie Sports Radio’s Mark Riddell and Mark Levy at Breakfast.“That’s why it didn’t come to a head earlier. They just didn’t want to sack him. But once they saw Anthony Seibold’s email and they saw that he’d been ringing the players, cancelling. Anthony Seibold’s pre-season camp. It’s basically a sackable offence.”It ended a month-long stand-off, with Bennett now set to head to South Sydney to replace Seibold.