Daily Telegraph/Rothfield Benji's New Home To Trigger Major Roster Rejig - Sports Confidential Telegraph Story

[Papa Joe]

Hi All

Can somebody with access please post this Telegraph story as I'm interested where it is rumoured that Benji will go?

Thanks

 

[Haza]

Cowboys

 

[Spoonman84]

Thank goodness it's not Belmore

North Queensland has reached out to Benji Marshall in a move which could see Jake Clifford on the move to Newcastle.

Marshall is adamant he will play on next season and now the Cowboys have emerged as a potential suitor for the 35-year-old. Marshall has a close relationship with new Cowboys coach Todd Payten having won a premiership alongside each other at the Tigers in 2005.

Whether Marshall would be keen to move his young family to Townsville for just one season is unknown but it may be his only option to play on.


If Marshall does join North Queensland, it could open the door for Clifford to hit the open market. If he lands at Newcastle, it won’t have any ramifications for the future of Knights skipper Mitchell Pearce.

Clifford has fallen down the pecking order at the Cowboys, sitting behind Michael Morgan and Scott Drinkwater in the halves.

The 22-year-old is off contract at the end of next year but North Queensland could consider letting him go a year early, in a bid to clear some salary cap space.


The Knights have a stack of halves options including Pearce, Kurt Mann, Phoenix Crossland and Tex Hoy but the quartet are all off-contact at the end of next year. Newcastle will sit down with Pearce to discuss a contract extension before Christmas.

The group of off-contract players become free agents on November 1.

Injuries ravaged the Knights premiership hopes this year so the addition of Clifford would add to their depth.

Injured playmaker Blake Green will also need to make a decision on his future in the coming days. The Bulldogs are seeking clarity from Green, wanting to know if he intends on joining the club next year. Green is exploring the potential of a coaching and playing contract with the Knights as the Bulldogs close in on Kyle Flanagan.

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[Family Guy]

Thank goodness it's not Belmore

Good news all around - no Benji, Clifford or Green.

 

[Moedogg]

I reckon he would've been good value for our team on a 1 year deal.

 

[Bulldog_4_Life]

Hopefully Green just takes up the coaching gig.

 

[_G-Dog_]

Boonji deserves another year IMO..went better than all the other Tigers halves imo Brooks, Reynolds etc..

 

[Dogs4eva13]

Tigers never really gave Reynolds a chance, as soon as he signed they signed Benji, never played more than 2 or 3 games back to back and even if he did that was more with the eye to move him on to a Super League team than to win games. Will be interesting to see what they do this year and if they give him an extended run and how he goes.

 

[Papa Joe]

Thank goodness it's not Belmore

Thanks Spoonman84

 

[Novdoggie]

I reckon he would've been good value for our team on a 1 year deal.

Yep as a mentor to not only Flanagan but the other younger guys like JMK, Averillo and Wakeman.

 

[Bulldogsteve]

Yep as a mentor to not only Flanagan but the other younger guys like JMK, Averillo and Wakeman.

we could not get Benji as we would be too heavily stocked in the halves. We have on our books currently Green, Averillo, wakeham, Lewis and Biondi.
Add Burton and possibly flanno we have to release some havles as it is not add some.
id be happy for Burton play 7 and play both sides of the ruck ala Cleary and have Averillo as a running half

 

[Spoonman84]

Benji is a disaster in defence and while he will still can pull off a nice try assist for everyone one of those there’s about 5 bad plays. He struggled to hold down his spot at the Tigers and he’s only going to get worse as he gets older. He’s hardly a calming and steadying influence either as he is prone to brain explosions going for a hero play.

 

[GA45]

Benji is a disaster in defence and while he will still can pull off a nice try assist for everyone one of those there’s about 5 bad plays. He struggled to hold down his spot at the Tigers and he’s only going to get worse as he gets older. He’s hardly a calming and steadying influence either as he is prone to brain explosions going for a hero play.

So he’s a notch above Lewis...

 

[Spoonman84]

So he’s a notch above Lewis...

Both should have no place in the Dogs team next year.

 

[Dingo]

Just fkn retire already.

 

[no1bulldog]

He will be in blue and white next year if green retires

 

[ddt192]

I just need an official announcement. These articles fkn kill me.

 

[Scoooby]

I reckon he would've been good value for our team on a 1 year deal.

Bloody oath he would have .!!!

 

[doggieaaron]

Dont know why he doesn’t go carve up in england

 

[Family Guy]

Dont know why he doesn’t go carve up in england

Because then he'd have to live in England