Folkes's 30-year relationshipwith the Bulldogs has had a sour ending with the Sonny Bill Williams fiasco and the club's extremely rare fight to fend off an wooden spoon. His players will have to pull out something very special at ANZ Stadium tomorrow if they are give their coach a fitting farewell and deny Bennett and Lockyer memorable milestones before their dynamic partnership is split next season.

Lockyer will run out for his 300th game for the Broncos.

His lifetime coach, who is heading to the Dragons next season, is poised to ring up his 350th NRL win and his 333rd for a club that he has led to six premierships and 17 straight finals series in his remarkable 21 seasons at the helm.

Bennett's 349 wins from 550 games - including six grand final wins from six appearances - is 65 more than his nearest rival, Tim Sheens, and 88 more than Bob Fulton (261 wins).

Brisbane forward Nick Kenny, who signed a deal this week, spoke for his teammates when he was asked about Lockyer's effort to play 300 games for the one club.

"It's an honour just to play with the guy," Kenny said.

"To be part of his 300th game on the weekend will be awesome.

"I just hope we can reward him with a win."

The Bulldogs players will feel the same about making sure their coach remembers his last home game for the club fondly.

As a coach he won a premiership in 2004, and had one taken from him in 2002 after 17 straight wins only to be stripped of premiership points for rorting the salary cap.

The Williams saga and only five wins this season have turned his farewell season sour.

Folkes said recently that while he could handle the Williams affair, it was the club's failure to perform which hurt him more. "It would have been ideal for me to finish with the club playing good football," Folkes said.

"But I guess that's football, isn't it?

"Sometimes you have fairytales, sometimes you have nightmares.

"This has been a nightmare." AAP
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