BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Everyone wants to do the Marshall brothers story. It makes sense. Benji has resurrected his career at Wests Tigers while the unlikely Jeremy starts again tonight for Canterbury. Both are playing number 6 but they couldn’t be any more different. You know the story already. Benji can beat you with a […]
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Former Wests Tigers five-eigth Braith Anasta says coach Ivan Cleary has little choice but to play star recruit Josh Reynolds off the bench in his return such is the form of veteran Benji Marshall and Luke Brooks. Marshall and Brooks starred again on Monday as Wests Tigers thrashed rivals Parramatta. “Does he come off the […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Some players become ingrained in a club. Whether as captain, the superstar playmaker or because of the blood, sweat and tears they’ve spilt for the team and their fans. Sometimes, for different reasons, those players end up somewhere else. Steve Rogers Dragons An icon of the Cronulla club, Rogers played […]
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The Johnathan Thurston retirement tour could have another date added to it with the NZ Herald reporting that the NRL is close to signing off on an Indigenous Australia versus NZ Māori match set to be played on the representative weekend alongside State of Origin and the Pacific Test matches. Thurston could potentially come up […]
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FULLBACK TUIMOALA LOLOHEA 89 KEVIN NAIQAMA 86 "It's all about ending the year knowing that we tried our best and finished the season strong." 👍 — Tui Lolohea pic.twitter.com/FlgpAIR1PN — Wests Tigers (@WestsTigers) August 2, 2017 WINGERS DAVID NOFOALUMA 89 MAHE FONUA 88 KEVIN NAIQAMA 88 MALAKI WATENE-ZALEZNIAK 87 COREY THOMPSON 86 […]
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Returning Wests Tigers legend Benji Marshall says he felt mistreated by the club which then led to his famous exit to join Super Rugby outfit Auckland Blues. “2013 for some reason was just ugly on and off the field – it’s probably one that I’d rather forget to be fair,” Marshall told 20FOUR. “When you’re […]
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Wests Tigers fans could be hollering for a Marshall this weekend at Leichhardt Oval long before favourite son Benji returns to the club in 2018. Benji’s little brother Jeremy is in line to make his NRL debut against the New Zealand Warriors. The younger sibling who goes by the name Marshall-King, has been rock solid […]
Read More Brisbane Coach Wayne Bennett has revealed that he wanted Benji Marshall to return to his beloved Wests Tigers to finish his career. Marshall has found great form in 2017 as a utility at the Broncos but Bennett believes Marshall deserved to finish his career at the club where it all started. “I encouraged him to […]
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Arguably Wests Tigers greatest ever player is returning to the club in 2018 with Fairfax reporting that Benji Marshall will finish his career at Concord. “I’m coming home,” Benji told Fairfax. “And it feels good. I never wanted to leave the place, and I’ve tried several times to get back and now I’ve got my […]
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BY CURTIS WOODWARD @woodward_curtis Benji Marshall was on the scrapheap not long ago – right alongside the Adelaide Rams, Captain Charger and Monday Night Football. Who really believed Benji had another run left in him? Be honest, who thought we’d see the enigmatic playmaker back to his best in 2017 after his unceremonious exit from […]
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