Tigers switch Easter Monday Eels clash to Stadium Australia
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Wests Tigers have today confirmed that the club’s Easter Monday home game against the Parramatta Eels will be played at Stadium Australia in 2021.
The annual fixture, which sees Wests Tigers face off against their Sydney rivals, was originally scheduled to be played at Bankwest Stadium in Round 4.
However, after working closely with VenuesLive the operator of Bankwest Stadium and Stadium Australia as well as NRL biosecurity experts, Wests Tigers and Parramatta have agreed for the fixture to instead be played at the former Olympic venue.
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Benji Marshall picked up the phone last week and called Wayne Bennett looking for a job. Not to ask if there was a spare spot for him as a player, but to gauge if there was any room on Bennettâs coaching staff for a soon-to-be-retired, premiership-winning five-eighth.
Marshall, who was so desperate to play on in 2021 that he passed over a grand farewell from the Wests Tigers at the end of last season, had weeks ago resigned himself to the fact he would have to retire.
The farewell tour looks set to continue for Benji Marshall at South Sydney in 2021.
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Benji Marshall leaves the field after his last game for Wests Tigers. He latr autographed his last jersey for new South Sydney teammate Adam Reynolds.
Benji Marshall picked up the phone last week and called Wayne Bennett looking for a job. Not to ask if there was a spare spot for him as a player, but to gauge if there was any room on Bennett’s coaching staff for a soon-to-be-retired, premiership-winning five-eighth. Marshall, who was so desperate to play on in 2021 that he passed over a grand farewell from the Wests Tigers at the end of last season, had weeks ago resigned himself to the fact he would have to retire.