Sixteen years on from his first premiership decider, Benji Marshall's great grand final secret from 2005 can now be revealed.Benji was the cheeky youngster who captured the imagination of the league world when, playing at five-eighth, he threw possibly the most famous pass in grand final history for Pat Richards' try as the Tigers downed the Cowboys on the big night.Right?Well - only half so.Reflecting on Benji's journey from boy to man, then Tigers coach Tim Sheens - the man who plotted the Tigers' impossible dream - has decided to come clean on the 16 year old secret."No one noticed and we kept it very quiet, but Benji actually played half of that game on the wing and not at five-eighth," Sheens told Wide World of Sports.
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