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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 />
“Probably,” he said. “<strong>The</strong>re are<br />
definitely people out there who<br />
are going to keep an eye on it<br />
more than others, but I just care<br />
what my coach and team-mates<br />
think.”<br />
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