Old Frightful 6,216 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/benji-marshall-hull-kr-deal-super-league-club-tables-nrl-star-monster-deal/news-story/5364198993f9ba91c5c4aa8b8cc27c2e Getting on a bit ain't he? Edit : Oh, and I've just noticed they seem to have got a couple of letters wrong in the link... Edited November 30, 2020 by Old Frightful Quote "Son, can you play me a memory, I'm not really sure how it goes, but it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes" Link to post Share on other sites
Old Frightful 6,216 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Apologies, originally you could read the full story but now it seems you have to subscribe. Briefly, Hull are rumoured to have offered him £400k for one season!, that's $700k plus Australian dollars. That's an awful lot of brass for a 35 year old half back. 1 Quote "Son, can you play me a memory, I'm not really sure how it goes, but it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes" Link to post Share on other sites
The Future is League 2,813 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Old Frightful said: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/benji-marshall-hull-kr-deal-super-league-club-tables-nrl-star-monster-deal/news-story/5364198993f9ba91c5c4aa8b8cc27c2e Getting on a bit ain't he? Edit : Oh, and I've just noticed they seem to have got a couple of letters wrong in the link... No thanks. He's been a very very good player, but he's well past his best before date now. It's time to promote British talent Edited November 30, 2020 by The Future is League 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whippet13 1,187 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Where are Hull KR getting £400K from after a year in which the club's finances have been hit heavily by Covid? 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fighting irish 1,446 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Great player. Didn't he hobble off his last game with a knee injury? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Future is League 2,813 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 1 minute ago, fighting irish said: Great player. Didn't he hobble off his last game with a knee injury? WAS a great player. How many development officers could we employ for the wages he's allegedly being offered? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lowdesert 3,106 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Taking his obvious age out of it, bringing The Benj in could make sense. Shaul will not be ready to play until middle of next season and Connor has been doing ok at FB. Half backs are thin on the ground and Ben McNamara might not be ready for a permanent starting position. The Benji would be an excellent mentor for a season and organise a team who’ve been inconsistent. I would prefer Nikorima, another international HB who has been in the upper half of NRL five eights. If BM kicks the offer back, the money on offer might make him consider. No matter what naysayers comment, Benj might not light up every touch of the ball like he did but he would panic defences in the last third and his kicking game is consistently excellent. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fighting irish 1,446 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Just now, The Future is League said: WAS a great player. How many development officers could we employ for the wages he's allegedly being offered? I was just drawing attention to the fact that he was ''crook'' as they say down under. Thirty six year old knees don't heal up like they used to. I agree with you that there are probably many better ways to spend £400 k 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Henson Park Old Firm 575 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 toulouse with Remi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Davo5 4,725 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 Ball in hand he’s still an exciting player but his defence for large parts of the season was abysmal although it did improve towards the end of the year. A fit & motivated Benji is worth a punt but not for the sums of money being talked about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Impartial Observer 178 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 West Wales Raiders may go for him to go with their other stars Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacksy 656 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 No thanks. Quote Rugby Union the only game in the world were the spectators handle the ball more than the players. Link to post Share on other sites
Oxford 5,023 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 No need to panic, they've just confused headlines with Richard Marshall to Salford. #I'dratherbeaDevilthanasaint Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidM 10,126 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 He was actually playing some of his best footy in a while for West’s . You know what you’re gonna get , he’s mercurial , some stuff will come off and some won’t . He was dropped for poor defence but with the ball he was showing up well 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lowdesert 3,106 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 1 minute ago, DavidM said: He was actually playing some of his best footy in a while for West’s . You know what you’re gonna get , he’s mercurial , some stuff will come off and some won’t . He was dropped for poor defence but with the ball he was showing up well The Hull Daily Mail have quashed it now. Their reporting is not so hot but the 400k bit would be a fictitious number for Pearson to pay anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ullman 1,957 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lowdesert said: The Hull Daily Mail have quashed it now. Their reporting is not so hot but the 400k bit would be a fictitious number for Pearson to pay anyway. Just read that myself. "Hull Live understands a deal is not on the table for the former Wests Tigers half-back" - in other words somebody at the club has told the HDM that it's not happening. 1 Quote Old Faithful we never lose at Wembley Link to post Share on other sites
Old Frightful 6,216 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Ullman said: Just read that myself. "Hull Live understands a deal is not on the table for the former Wests Tigers half-back" - in other words somebody at the club has told the HDM that it's not happening. Unconfirmed source suggests that this followed Adam Pearson requesting his oxygen to be increased after he read the article from his hospital bed. 3 Quote "Son, can you play me a memory, I'm not really sure how it goes, but it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes" Link to post Share on other sites
LEEDSLADGONE SOUTH 64 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Whippet13 said: Where are Hull KR getting £400K from after a year in which the club's finances have been hit heavily by Covid? Rfl handouts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wellsy4HullFC 4,302 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 After reading the title of this after reading the Ben Flower thread, I thought he'd signed got Leigh too! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scubby 11,830 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 What a shame. This could have been the Robins' biggest signing since Big Willie Mason (or did I imagine that?) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HKR AWAY DAYS 278 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 13 hours ago, Old Frightful said: Apologies, originally you could read the full story but now it seems you have to subscribe. Briefly, Hull are rumoured to have offered him £400k for one season!, that's $700k plus Australian dollars. That's an awful lot of brass for a 35 year old half back. 36 before he even plays a game. Sign him. Go on. Dare ya! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GUBRATS 4,730 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said: After reading the title of this after reading the Ben Flower thread, I thought he'd signed got Leigh too! Too young for us , maybe in a year or two Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Kevin Sinfield 2,053 Posted November 30, 2020 Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 11 hours ago, The Future is League said: WAS a great player. How many development officers could we employ for the wages he's allegedly being offered? He is still a great player, a marquee player. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Future is League 2,813 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 11 hours ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said: He is still a great player, a marquee player. The money he's supposedly been offered would be better spent on junior development Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Stottle 4,123 Posted December 1, 2020 Report Share Posted December 1, 2020 Benji, relies on others to do the running for him to be effective, he is privvy to that in Aus, will that be the case in this country and more particular at HKR. But saying that I think he would be far greater value at 34 on the pitch at No6 on the salary quoted, than a 37 year old second row on his reputed remuneration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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