{"id":27558,"date":"2021-01-27T00:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T01:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=27558"},"modified":"2021-01-27T04:08:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T04:08:28","slug":"marshall-set-to-sign-with-iconic-nrl-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=27558","title":{"rendered":"Marshall set to sign with iconic NRL club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Sydney master coach Wayne Bennett is set to throw Benji Marshall a lifeline by signing the NRL veteran for his 19th season.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall will sign a one-year-deal to reunite with Bennett once the contract receives salary cap approval.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e8ec9f79-971b-4195-b98c-b04d9ef26a08\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e8ec9f79-971b-4195-b98c-b04d9ef26a08\" alt=\"Benji Marshall\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marshall is expected to start training with his new teammates at Redfern as early as this Friday, according to News Corp.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers let Marshall go after last season, but the veteran playmaker was still keen to lace the boots for 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall turned down the biggest contract in Super League history, while also rejecting a move to North Queensland to play under former teammate Todd Payten. He was also earmarked for a move to the Bulldogs as cover for Matt Burton and the Sharks who lost Shaun Johnson to an Achilles injury.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall has played 324 games for the Tigers, Dragons and Broncos since his debut in 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>South Sydney master coach Wayne Bennett is set to throw Benji Marshall a lifeline by signing the NRL veteran for his 19th season. Marshall will <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=27558\" title=\"Marshall set to sign with iconic NRL club\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27560,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27558\/revisions\/27560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}