{"id":143514,"date":"2021-10-13T00:23:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T00:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=143514"},"modified":"2021-10-13T03:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T03:56:47","slug":"flattered-benji-weighing-up-next-career-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=143514","title":{"rendered":"'Flattered' Benji weighing up next career move"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 19 seasons on the brutal stage of the NRL, Benji Marshall<\/a> may be about to face his toughest challenge of all.<\/p>\n

Just days after hanging up his boots in the grand final, Benji<\/a> has been approached to appear on the gruelling TV show SAS Australia.<\/p>\n

Fellow former NRL star Sam Burgess was just crowned king of the second season of the show, in which contestants face a series of extremely demanding mental and physical tasks.<\/p>\n

Marshall<\/a> is currently weighing up whether he wants to put his body through more pain after almost two decades in the NRL firing line.<\/p>\n

\"Benji<\/p>\n

"They made an approach and Benji was flattered to be asked," his manager Matt Desira told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n

"But he has a lot of commitments next year – including a television commentating role – so we just have to work out if he can do it time-wise and if he wants to go through such a tough challenge."<\/p>\n

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Former Rabbitoh and Great Britain star Burgess was the only contestant to pass the gruelling course in season two.<\/p>\n

Other participants included runner John Steffensen, former tennis star Mark Philippoussis, ex-Olympian Jana Pittman and actor Dan Ewing.<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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