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Got a job for me? Phone call that reunited Benji and Bennett at Souths – Sydney Morning Herald
The phone call between Benji Marshall and Wayne Bennett that lured the supercoach’s special player out of retirement to Redfern.
The 35-year-old, who turns 36 next month, had lined up a commentator contract with Fox Sports worth in excess of $200,000, while his manager was also finalising the details of a radio gig with the Triple M network to call games on Thursday night.
Then Bennett, who just a couple of months before had shut the door on Marshalls hopes of joining him at South Sydney, had a sudden change of heart on the eve of his third and final crack at a premiership with the Bunnies.
Bennett addressed the South Sydney…
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