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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi<br />

Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 43<br />

Sport<br />

Benji Marshall helping Broncos on and off the field<br />

A SURPRISE Brisbane debut<br />

has only made Benji Marshall<br />

hungry for more NRL action.<br />

But the veteran playmaker<br />

believes some of his best work<br />

may be done off the field, helping<br />

Ben Hunt block the “outside<br />

noise” after his lucrative Dragons<br />

deal.<br />

Marshall was a shock lastminute<br />

Broncos bench addition<br />

in last round’s 14-12 loss at<br />

Melbourne after Tavita Pangai Jr<br />

(ankle) withdrew.<br />

Marshall only played 10<br />

minutes – at lock – off the bench,<br />

but it was enough to make the<br />

former Kiwis captain want more.<br />

“It was great to get a run,”<br />

the 32-year-old said. “If Wayne<br />

[Bennett] wants me to keep<br />

playing as a utility, so be it.”<br />

Marshall believes he can also<br />

make an impact on the sidelines<br />

as a mentor after witnessing<br />

the reaction to Hunt’s lucrative<br />

Dragons move.<br />

<strong>The</strong> ex-Dragons half said<br />

Hunt has been under enormous<br />

scrutiny since signing a five-year<br />

St George Illawarra contract<br />

from 2018, which will make the<br />

Brisbane No 7 one of the game’s<br />

highest-paid players.<br />

He bristled at speculation that<br />

Hunt may become distracted by<br />

the deal and not be committed to<br />

the Broncos in <strong>2017</strong>.<br />

“If you see the little efforts<br />

he does that other halves aren’t<br />

doing, putting his body on the<br />

line for the team, that’s not a guy<br />

who is worrying about what is<br />

happening next year,” Marshall<br />

said.<br />

“From a players’ point of view,<br />

we have faith in Ben that he is<br />

with us.”<br />

Marshall, on a one-year deal<br />

with the Broncos, said he hoped<br />

to bring the best out of Hunt<br />

and halves partner Anthony<br />

Milford, who have not clicked<br />

since Brisbane’s run to the 2015<br />

grand final.<br />

While Hunt admitted his<br />

halves pairing with Milford<br />

was a “bit off”, he backed<br />

them to step up in future clutch<br />

plays.<br />

Hunt says he would have a<br />

target on his back, no matter<br />

what he did this season, after the<br />

Dragons deal.<br />

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