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BENJI Marshall's failed rugby union experiment is likely to cost him $2 million, with the former Kiwi international set to return to Australia as soon as tomorrow to finalise a budget NRL comeback.
Marshall is weighing up interest from Cronulla and Melbourne, but any deal for 2014-15 requires a clearance from his former club. It's understood the Tigers are eyeing a share of gate takings from their round 10 match against Cronulla at Remondis Stadium as compensation, should Marshall accept a three-year offer from the Sharks.
MARSHALL AND ENNIS IN SHARKS' SIGHTS
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The Daily Telegraph can reveal Marshall turned his back on a three-year extension worth $2.1 million — on top of a lucrative television deal with Channel Nine — when he quit Wests Tigers last season.
HUMILITY, HONESTY FOR BENJI SUCCESS
Benji Marshall farewells the crowd after his last home game for the Tigers. Source: News Limited
Whatever deal Marshall settles on will not come remotely close to what he would have earned by sticking with the Tigers or rugby union.
His Super Rugby contract at the Auckland Blues was worth about $1 million over two years, with commercial endorsements delivering another $1 million over the same period.
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With just over two months left until the June 30 transfer deadline, Marshall will be forced to return on minimal pay — perhaps as low as $60,000 — for the remainder of this year.
Future years in an extended contract will be far more valuable, but is still unlikely to rival the average $700,000 salary he was offered at Wests Tigers.
Marshall's agent, Martin Tauber, is understood to have shopped the ex-Kiwi international to the Bulldogs, who have $400,000 to spend on this year's cap thanks to Ben Barba's release.
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WHAT POSITION SHOULD BENJI PLAY?
Canterbury are also on the look-out for a fullback to replace Barba, and Tauber has talked up the 29-year-old's ability to switch from his customary halves role.
But sources close to the Bulldogs have suggested coach Des Hasler is not interested.
Benji Marshall in action for the Blues. Source: Getty Images
Announcing his departure from the Blues yesterday, Marshall maintained he'd not commenced official negotiations with any NRL club.
He did, however, make contact with Sharks winger Beau Ryan, a close friend from the Tigers, several weeks ago. That phone call triggered Cronulla's interest in signing Marshall.
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