The Wests Tigers have confirmed that up to eight players will leave the club at the end of the season as part of a major squad overhaul.
The Tigers missed the final for the ninth time in 10 years this season, finishing in eleventh place. Coach Michael Maguire had to revise his list of players to allow Concord a Premier League.
Benji Marshall heads a list of Chris Lawrence Dylan Smith, Elijah Taylor, Harry Grant, Matt Eisenhuth, Robert Jennings and Oliver Clark who will all officially leave the club at the end of the current season.
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Marshall’s last game for the Tigers at the weekend ended with a heartache when he was forced off his knee in the first half after sustaining knee and rib injuries in the Parramatta loss.
The decision to allow him to leave, and not renew, his contract was met with backlash from fans, who started a petition to get him to stay.
Now that his season is over, he said he would sit down to consider all of his options before the next campaign, despite admitting that “beggars cannot be a choice”.
The Tigers’ decision follows similar cuts by the Bulldogs over the past week, which also released eight players.
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