Benji Marshall
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Marshall in 2012
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Personal information
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| Full name | Benjamin Quentin Marshall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 February 1985 Whakatane, New Zealand |
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| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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Rugby league
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| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union
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| Position | Fly-half / Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As of 21 August 2015 Source: |
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Benjamin Quentin "Benji" Marshall (born 25 February 1985) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. He currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. He previously played for the St George Illawarra and the Wests Tigers. Marshall was also briefly a professional rugby union player with the Blues of Super Rugby.
Marshall played for ten seasons in the National Rugby League for Sydney club Wests Tigers, with whom he won the 2005 NRL Premiership. He has been noted for his flamboyant attack, including sidesteps, no-look passes and flick-passes. In 2010 Marshall won the Golden Boot Award for the world's best player.
Marshall was raised without his biological father, who is a man from Rotorua by the name of Calvin, Benji said, but has spoken of the influence of his foster-father Michael Doherty, and other men within his extended family. He has said he had, "10 or 11 fathers … which is not a bad thing." He was a pupil at Whakatane High School. The eldest of three brothers, he was offered a scholarship to play for a high school in Gold Coast, Queensland when he was 16. While attending Keebra Park State High School, Marshall played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2003, and also represented Australia in touch football that same year. Although eligible to represent Australia, Marshall declared his allegiance to the New Zealand Kiwis early in his career.
In Round 20 of the 2003 NRL season, Marshall made his NRL début for the Wests Tigers against the Newcastle Knights, coming on as a replacement in the 14th minute as fullback. The Wests Tigers won the match 52-12 at Campbelltown Stadium. Marshall continued to make appearances for Wests Tigers for the remainder of 2003 when his studies allowed, playing halfback. In Round 24 against the Penrith Panthers, Marshall scored his first NRL try in the Tigers 44-28 loss at Penrith Stadium. Marshall scored one try from four appearances in his debut season.
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