{"id":57391,"date":"2021-04-13T00:04:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T00:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=57391"},"modified":"2021-04-13T01:58:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T01:58:02","slug":"the-firming-plan-to-offer-benji-nrl-season-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=57391","title":{"rendered":"The firming plan to offer Benji NRL season 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Sydney are reportedly set to offer fan favourite Benji Marshall a contract extension <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/cronulla-sharks-adam-reynolds-broncso-roster-manly-cleanout-kyle-turner-return\/4a09c96c-5ff1-4a10-95a8-5e442a12a074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"should Adam Reynolds walk on a tabled one-year deal.\">should Adam Reynolds walk on a tabled one-year deal.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sydney Morning Herald reports the veteran playmaker could play on for his 20<sup>th<\/sup> season in the NRL, as the Rabbitohs look to set in place contingency plans <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/adam-reynolds-knocks-back-latest-contract-extension-from-south-sydney\/b3a5b4d7-7229-4970-9581-ebde65ed5138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"around Reynolds&#x27; likely departur\">around Reynolds&#x27; likely departur<\/a>e.<\/p>\n<p>If Marshall plays in 2022, it could see him surpass Cooper Cronk and finish his career as the second-most capped player behind Cameron Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall bagged his <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-south-sydney-rabbitohs-vs-brisbane-broncos-start-time-results-news-round-five\/c2bdfeb9-e33e-4628-8879-d5864f00fa16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"first try for the Rabbitohs over the weekend in a 35-6 run-over against the Broncos\">first try for the Rabbitohs over the weekend in a 35-6 run-over against the Broncos<\/a>. The club have been pleased with his impact both on and off the field since he was brought in at the 11<sup>th<\/sup> hour to fill utility role on a near minimum wage deal.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"98b3fa65-11bd-45ae-a8a1-33ea8a36db25\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/98b3fa65-11bd-45ae-a8a1-33ea8a36db25\" alt=\"Benji Marshall finds a four-pointer for Souths. (Getty)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a lifeline that kept Marshall&#x27;s illustrious NRL career alive after he was shown the door by long-time club Wests Tigers with whom he led to a premiership in 2005.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Rabbitohs are eager to have Marshall be the one to step in and partner Cody Walker in the halves should Reynolds walk, according to The Herald.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old is still yet to reveal his intentions on his playing future, with the state of his mind and body to play a big factor in his decision.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6247493001001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/352395\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"NRL Highlights: Rabbitohs put on a show against the Broncos - Round 5\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckn8tjz3z00420gp9cyarn8cx\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here! \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>South Sydney are reportedly set to offer fan favourite Benji Marshall a contract extension should Adam Reynolds walk on a tabled one-year deal. The Sydney <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=57391\" title=\"The firming plan to offer Benji NRL season 20\">[&#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\/57391"}],"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=57391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57393,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57391\/revisions\/57393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}