Tigers shoot down rumours of coaching rift

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Wests Tigers person been forced to sprout down rumours of a rift betwixt Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall.

The brace famously won the 2005 premiership unneurotic arsenic skipper and young playmaker, and person reunited this twelvemonth to mentor the NRL battlers.

The Tigers person not played finals successful a decade and Sheens was brought backmost past twelvemonth arsenic shot main to oversee a rebuild, which yet led to him sacking Michael Maguire arsenic manager and taking the reigns himself.

Marshall volition instrumentality implicit from Sheens successful a succession program aft assisting the seasoned coach, but rumours assertion their narration has deteriorated adjacent earlier the 2023 play kicks off.

Tigers guardant Alex Twal slapped down the whispers erstwhile asked by 9News' Danny Weidler if Sheens and Marshall are "a agreed front".

"They're beauteous overmuch champion mates," Twal said.

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"They're present each time and ever moving connected getting america amended and making definite that we're delivering connected the weekend.

"I can't talk highly capable of some of them and what they've done for this nine frankincense far."

The Tigers footwear disconnected their play against the Tigers connected Sunday.

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