Benji Marshall insists Sunday’s grand final may not be his last game and is confident he could play on for another year.
Speaking ahead of the premiership decider against Penrith, Marshall said he is yet to make a decision on his future despite comments made by coach Wayne Bennett on the weekend.
Following Friday night’s 36-16 win over Manly, Bennett retold the conversation the duo had before Marshall joined the club and said he was eager to “go out on a good note”. But Marshall isn’t holding himself to that.
“Everyone is retiring me, except me,” Marshall said. “I honestly feel like if I wanted to play next year I could, for sure. I still have life in the legs and a bit of hunger in the heart.”
He also added that the club has above else, made him feel valued once again – something he had been missing towards the end of his time at the Tigers.
“They make me feel very valued here and throughout my career when I’ve felt like that I can play better and I can feel like I can commit better,” he said.
“Obviously at the end of the year when they told me I was free to go, of course [I felt undervalued] but that’s just a natural feeling when you’ve been somewhere and they tell you they are not going to sign you.
“I’m pretty good at switching over and cutting off what happened. Rugby league has become so much of a business and when you can process that and understands it and move on from it, it hurts less.”
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