Reunion complete as Tigers announce major signing

Wests Tigers fable Benji Marshall volition instrumentality to the Concord nine successful an authoritative capacity.

Marshall has been announced arsenic a Tigers ambassador, though volition instrumentality a hands-on relation with the inferior pathways and improvement "providing positional expertise to Wests Tigers Cubs programme arsenic good arsenic astatine inferior typical grooming sessions for some Balmain and Western Suburbs SG Ball and Harold Matthews teams".

The champion playmaker - who famously won the 2005 NRL expansive last with the Tigers - retired from the NRL pursuing South Sydney's nonaccomplishment to Penrith successful the premiership decider past month.

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Benji returns to the Tigers

He played 257 games for the club, and 346 NRL games successful full crossed 4 antithetic clubs.

"I'm precise excited to commencement this caller relation with Wests Tigers and to proceed contributing to a nine that I've ever loved," Marshall said.

"Wests Tigers and its fans person been portion of my household for the bulk of my vocation and I'm looking guardant to continuing that travel together.

Benji Marshall returns to the Wests Tigers. (Getty)

"This is an breathtaking caller relation that allows maine to lend to the nine successful a fig of ways some connected and disconnected the field. I'm looking guardant to helping turn the adjacent procreation of Wests Tigers players coming done our pathways and playing a portion successful bringing further occurrence to this large club."

Marshall near the Tigers successful somewhat bitter circumstances astatine the extremity of 2018 erstwhile helium wasn't offered a caller deal. It followed manager Michael Maguire dropping Marshall done the season.

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His instrumentality comes lone 2 days aft Tim Sheens returned to Concord.

Sheens was the manager erstwhile Marshall threw his celebrated expansive last flick walk successful 2005, and present the brace volition reunite.

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