When Steve Kearney stepped down as assistant coach at the Storm, only Marshall’s appointment as an assistant at Concord saved 16 NRL clubs based in Australia from not having a Polynesian coach in a competition where 52 per cent of the players have Pasifika heritage.
Source: SMH Sport
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