{"id":865555,"date":"2026-08-23T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/865555\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:36:10","slug":"nrl-2026-benji-marshall-press-conference-decision-to-bench-terrell-may-wests-tigers-vs-sydney-roosters-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/865555\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026: Benji Marshall press conference, decision to bench Terrell May, Wests Tigers vs Sydney Roosters, nrl news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall has revealed the reasoning behind moving Terrell May from the starting front-row to the interchange bench as the forward responded with a standout showing against the Roosters.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few weeks, May has struggled to rekindle the form that saw him enter State of Origin conversations earlier in the season, prompting Marshall to make a tactical change in a bid to get the best out of the forward.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall said he felt opposition sides had been targeting May from the opening kick-off and believed a stint off the bench could let him enter the game against more fatigued defenders.<\/p>\n<p>However, the plan was quickly thrown out the window when Alex Twal (head knock) was ruled out of the match after a single minute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, asked him for a bit more today,\u201d Marshall said post-match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought teams have been going after him at the start a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought if we can just bring him off the bench after 20 (minutes) and let him come on when they\u2019re a bit more fatigued, we might get a different version.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move appeared to have the desired effect, with May responding with the aggression and intent Marshall had been demanding.<\/p>\n<p>This saw him finish with 2o carries for 149 running metres, two tackle busts, one offload and 36 tackles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo his credit, he went on after one minute, but he had a bit of a chip on his shoulder that we needed from him today,\u201d Marshall added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that move might have sparked something in him to give the coach a little bit of a \u2018I\u2019ll show you\u2019, and you know what he showed me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall has revealed the reasoning behind moving Terrell May from the starting front-row to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-865555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}