Tigers head coach Benji Marshall will take over in 2024 with Tim Sheens….
On Sydney’s lower north shore, Benji Marshall is sitting in the corner of a cafe on a chilly and rainy February afternoon. The group of people at the table next to him can’t recognise him since he is leaning tight against the window and wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers cap pulled down low.
Weeks of arm-twisting were required to bring him here to talk about his first season as the Wests Tigers’ coach, which begins on Saturday lunchtime with a challenging road trip to Canberra.
I wrote down in my notebook the one question I had for Marshall
Marshall, 39, responds, “You’d be surprised—that’s the question everyone asks me.” “Even my family and friends on the street.”
Why, following such a legendary playing career marked by championships and….
