Benji Marshall

For the American association football player, see Benji Michel.

Benji Marshall
CNZM
Marshall in 2022
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin Quentin Marshall[1]
Born (1985-02-25) 25 February 1985 (age 39)[2]
Whakatāne, New Zealand
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
PositionFive-eighth, Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–13 Wests Tigers 201 76 402 10 1118
2014–16 St. George Illawarra 54 8 0 3 35
2017 Brisbane Broncos 13 1 0 0 4
2018–20 Wests Tigers 56 8 14 3 63
2021 South Sydney 22 3 0 0 12
Total 346 96 416 16 1232
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–19 New Zealand 31 9 35 0 106
2010–13 NRL All Stars 4 1 8 0 20
2021 Māori All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
PositionFly-half / Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014 Blues 6 1 2 0 9
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2024– Wests Tigers 24 6 0 18 25
Source: [3]
As of 6 April 2024

Benjamin Quentin Marshall CNZM (born 25 February 1985) is a New Zealand professional rugby league coach and former player who is the head coach of the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

He played at five-eighth or halfback for the Wests Tigers in two separate spells, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL), and at representative level for the NRL All Stars and New Zealand Kiwis.[3]

Marshall was also briefly a professional rugby union player with the Blues in Super Rugby.

Marshall played for fourteen 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,[4] no-look passes[5] and flick-passes.[6] In 2010 Marshall won the Golden Boot Award for the best international player.[7]

In 2022, Marshall signed a five-year deal to become an assistant coach of Wests Tigers under Tim Sheens, with Marshall succeeding Sheens as Head Coach ahead of 2025 season after Sheens' impending retirement.[8]

  1. ^ Marshall, Benjamin Quentin 2005–10 – KIWI #717 Archived 7 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine NZ League
  2. ^ "Benji Marshall". ASICS. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Prichard, Greg (1 October 2005). "Benji's care tactics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ^ Proszenko, Adrian (12 February 2012). "My best is yet to come, says Benji". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  6. ^ Beniuk, David (3 August 2010). "Benji not given the boot by Wests Tigers". Wide World of Sports. Ninemsn. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  7. ^ Otto, Tyson (4 December 2010). "Benji Marshall new poster boy after Golden Boot win". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Big Tigers question Benji wants to put an end to as legend opens up on 'unprecedented' job". Fox Sports. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2023.