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Last week, Jeremy Marshall-King was getting the steel cap boots ready. He was preparing to go back to work in demolition.
Then Moses Suli parted ways with the club and the final spot on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' 30-man roster opened up.
Now, the younger brother of Wests Tigers poster boy Benji Marshall will trade steel caps for football boots as he prepares to make his club debut for the Bulldogs against premiership-winners Melbourne Storm in Perth.
It will end a week that included him extending his time at Belmore until the end of the 2020 season.
"If I didn't get that spot I would have had to be just part-time and get a job on the outside," Marshall-King told NRL.com in Perth on Wednesday.
"It's not enough to live off a part-time contract. You have to work and train as well. That's not really ideal. I was going back to do demolition. But it's all worked out in the end. I can't wait to rip in."
Through Suli's misfortune, an opportunity was presented to a player who made his NRL debut in the final game of the season for the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval last year.
Given his older brother was heading back to the club in 2018, it was assumed Marshall-King would be hellbent on staying at the club.
New Zealand Warriors coach Stephen Kearney admitted the club didn't see the best of Foran in 2017.
"It was a challenging year in a lot of ways last year for Foz last year," Kearney said.
"Living apart from his two young ones and he had a fair few issues to go with that with his body. So it was a challenging little period for him. We probably didn’t see the best of him.
"I'm pretty confident now that he's back in Sydney close to the kids, and he's worked on his body pretty hard. I think everyone wants to see him back how we know he can play."
Then Moses Suli parted ways with the club and the final spot on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' 30-man roster opened up.
Now, the younger brother of Wests Tigers poster boy Benji Marshall will trade steel caps for football boots as he prepares to make his club debut for the Bulldogs against premiership-winners Melbourne Storm in Perth.
It will end a week that included him extending his time at Belmore until the end of the 2020 season.
"If I didn't get that spot I would have had to be just part-time and get a job on the outside," Marshall-King told NRL.com in Perth on Wednesday.
"It's not enough to live off a part-time contract. You have to work and train as well. That's not really ideal. I was going back to do demolition. But it's all worked out in the end. I can't wait to rip in."
Through Suli's misfortune, an opportunity was presented to a player who made his NRL debut in the final game of the season for the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval last year.
Given his older brother was heading back to the club in 2018, it was assumed Marshall-King would be hellbent on staying at the club.
"They wanted to make sure he got himself physically right. It took a little while but he's been back training for quite a while now and we'll see a fit and healthy Kieran Foran out there on Saturday night."
New Zealand Warriors coach Stephen Kearney admitted the club didn't see the best of Foran in 2017.
"It was a challenging year in a lot of ways last year for Foz last year," Kearney said.
"Living apart from his two young ones and he had a fair few issues to go with that with his body. So it was a challenging little period for him. We probably didn’t see the best of him.
"I'm pretty confident now that he's back in Sydney close to the kids, and he's worked on his body pretty hard. I think everyone wants to see him back how we know he can play."
