Adam Doueihi, Benji Marshall to speak after controversy
NRL coach Benji Marshall and player Adam Doueihi have reconciled following a public dispute over team selection and internal club standards. The pair appeared together at training to present a united front after Doueihi previously refused to play in a non-preferred position.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the ongoing internal pressures and management challenges within professional sports organizations regarding player-coach relationships.
— 4:13pm , first published July 29, 2026 — 9:29am
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Share A A A Benji Marshall and Adam Doueihi, after the coach finally came around to the player’s assertion that he was indeed the club’s best option in the No.7 jersey, fronted the cameras at Concord Oval.
Having hugged it out, two headstrong Tigers presented a united front on Wednesday morning.
Each spoke eloquently and at length about the latest drama that had brought us here: Doueihi’s decision, after being asked to play lock rather than five-eighth against Canberra, to skip the game altogether; and then Marshall’s reaction, to drop teen debutant Javon Andrews, and then hand the halfback jersey back to Doueihi.
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