Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby player
Benjamin Quentin Marshall (born 25 February 1985) is a former New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played at five-eighth or halfback. Marshall is regarded amongst many as one of the greatest players ever to play rugby league. He is also of Māori descent.
He previously played for the Wests Tigers in two separate spells, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League, and at representative level for the NRL All Stars and New Zealand Kiwis.Marshall was also briefly a professional rugby union player with the Blues in Super Rugby.
Marshall played for fourteen seasons in the National Rugby League for Sydney club Wests Tigers, with whom he won the 2005 NRL Premiership. He has been noted for his flamboyant attack, including sidesteps, no-look passes and flick-passes. In 2010 Marshall won the Golden Boot Award for the best international player.