The Raiders are seething to have lost their star hooker and have asked for an explanation after Hodgson attempted to play on.

Bennett deflected blame to his dummy-half.

"I spoke to Josh and Josh wanted to be left on the field because he didn't know what he'd done to himself and he wasn't sure," the England coach said after the team's training session on Wednesday.

"He felt he had good movement still, which he did. He went for another seven to eight minutes."

"I watched him in that period of time because I thought the way he went down, it didn't look great. His movement was great and (after) 6-7 minutes, I was ready to replace him," he said.

"But he didn't need to be replaced. All of a sudden he changed direction and his knee collapsed underneath him.

"At the end of the day, it was Josh's decision to stay there. He believed he was okay and that's the way it happens sometimes. They're not sure. That's what we do."