There were times when supercoach Wayne Bennett was sick of rugby league. The cure? A healthy dose of Benji Marshall sidesteps and flick passes. "When I saw him first play ... I would be over football but I'd want to watch him play. He was so exciting, he just brought that unpredictability which was part of his game all his career." "I was looking back at some highlights this morning, and I've done some good stuff," he said to laughter. "From a flashy young kid doing all this weird stuff, to a man who was given this opportunity - I feel really lucky. " "How he's presented himself today makes you realise what the game's done for him and what he's done for the game," Bennett said. "He influenced a whole generation of his family, but he also had a great influence on a whole generation of rugby league people, particularly those who played the position. "Allan Langer was the guy everyone wanted to watch, but then along came Benji, and he was the guy everyone wanted to watch." "You got up and started to warm up and the crowd started to go off, they wanted you on the field and normally I don't listen to all that stuff, but they carried on there for about two or three minutes," he said to Marshall.
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