Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett slammed "muck-raking" by journalists and questioned their ethics after the most tumultuous week in the successful NRL club's 21-year history.

Bennett - who's never had much time for the media - finally broke his silence but said the media was "flogging a dead horse" with repeated questions about a drinking culture at the club.

The week started with sexual assault allegations against three Broncos players and ended with captain Darren Lockyer being accused of semi-tackling a hotel manager on a night out with teammates a fortnight ago.

With detectives still investigating the assault claims after interviewing Karmichael Hunt, Sam Thaiday and Darius Boyd, Brisbane will field all their stars in the biggest game of the year on Saturday night against Melbourne in the NRL semi-final at Suncorp Stadium.

But the focus has not been on the mouth-watering 2006 grand final re-match on Saturday but rather Brisbane's off-field behaviour.

Bennett ripped the media for stories naming Lockyer as the person seen in the grainy security video footage aired by ABC TV playfully tackling the hotel manager during a night out involving Broncos players.

Lockyer has denied his involvement and Bennett also dismissed the incident as "a bit of skylarking" unworthy of media attention.

"It showed the worse side of journalism," said Bennett after the Broncos' final training session.

"There was just a lot of muck-raking and it was quite unnecessary.

"I'm not the keepers of your ethics, but I think any fair-minded person would realise that.

"Whether it's Darren Lockyer or not I wouldn't have any idea, I haven't bothered to look at them, I'm not even morally interested."

Despite his week from hell, Bennett showed his dry sense of humour, poking fun at Lockyer's defensive skills.

"Mind you, he does have a tackling problem, so he was probably trying to get a couple up," said Bennett breaking into as grin.

However before the collective laughter had settled he was back on the attack again.

"Whoever it is (in the video) it was a bit of skylarking. If we've got that serious with our lives and that becomes a national debate about what we're doing then gee, we're all in a lot of trouble," he said.

"You (media) could all have a look at yourselves for a start because none of us are immune from a bit of fun in our lives."

Bennett hit back at repeated references to a "drinking culture" within the Broncos organisation, while acknowledging it was not immune to such social problems.

"You (media) allude to a drinking culture ..... unless I'm totally wrong and unless the government is totally wrong, Australia has a culture of young people drinking too much alcohol," he said.

"We (rugby league) are not immune to anything that happens in society."

Bennett said the club had been strong in handling the off-field issues, had co-operated with the police and was waiting to learn the outcome of their investigation.

Asked if he supported claims by Broncos chief executive Bruno Cullen of a "witch hunt" against the club, Bennett said: "As I said, you're just trying to beat a dead horse now.

"Why don't you get on with your life, that's what we've done."

His patience finally ran out when he was asked if he would put his players on alcohol restrictions if they won the game.

"There you go again," he fired.

"Can we just get the game over with. Our priority is to play a game of football tomorrow night."

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