{"id":176958,"date":"2025-12-10T09:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/176958\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:20:07","slug":"tigers-make-call-on-benji-marshalls-future-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/176958\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers make call on Benji Marshall\u2019s future &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After a turbulent few weeks, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a> are set to make a major move in what will certain please the club&#8217;s fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Tigers are poised to hand head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/benji-marshall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benji Marshall<\/a> a long-term extension through to the end of 2029, as the club moves to stabilise its football department following a turbulent fortnight.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216650\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Cowboys confirm train and trial contracts for quartet\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wt_day_1_25-3.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>Benji Marshall. (Photo: Wests Tigers Media)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Marshall, who took over as head coach from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/tim-sheens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Sheens<\/a> at the end of 2023, has been in negotiations with the club in recent days, with all parties confident a deal will be finalised shortly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The extension would secure the Tigers&#8217; most important football position for the long term as they attempt to rebuild after a series of off-field setbacks, including the sudden departure of CEO Shane Richardson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite the upheaval, the Tigers have moved quickly to settle their football direction, and retaining Marshall has been central to that plan.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; After a turbulent few weeks, the Wests Tigers are set to make a major move in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-176958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}