18 Facts About PJ Marsh

PJ Marsh played for the Central Queensland Capras in the 1998 Queensland Cup.

PJ Marsh began his NRL career at the Parramatta Eels and made his first grade debut on 23 April 2000 against the Newcastle Knights.

PJ Marsh played in Parramatta's preliminary final defeat by the Brisbane Broncos during the same year.

PJ Marsh played for Parramatta from the bench in their 2001 NRL grand final loss to the Newcastle Knights.

PJ Marsh made his Queensland debut in the 2002 State of Origin series, playing in games I and III.

PJ Marsh later played games in the 2003 and 2008 State of Origin series.

PJ Marsh started for the Warriors at hooker in their 2002 NRL Grand Final loss to the Sydney Roosters.

In November 2007, PJ Marsh signed a three-year deal with the Brisbane Broncos and returned to his home state of Queensland.

PJ Marsh has said he didn't consider himself to be the same player during his final years with Parramatta and Brisbane, following the neck injury he sustained in 2003.

PJ Marsh said he remembers thinking crusher tackles were a "load of shit" when he first witnessed them come into the game, describing them as "worse than a punch", and said $1000 fines were a meaningless deterrent to highly paid athletes and wants players to be punished with suspensions instead.

In 2022, PJ Marsh revealed he had developed a hatred for rugby league after his retirement.

PJ Marsh blamed the NRL for abandoning him after his injury, which left him with the inability to do things such as go for a run or use a gym, while being left to pay tens of thousands of dollars in medical expenses, which included regular trips to Brisbane to see specialists and undergo tests and MRI scans.

PJ Marsh accused the NRL for failing to assist him in any way and stated: "I couldn't believe the game wiped me the way they did" and claimed nobody had checked on him since his retirement.

PJ Marsh said his mental health had been adversely affected during his retirement and he began to loathe rugby league, became reluctant to allow his children to play the sport and gave away most of his jerseys, apart from one State of Origin jersey which remained in the family.

PJ Marsh lived in Middlemount for several years with his family which he said was to hide away from the world.

However, their interest in the game has since inspired PJ Marsh to become involved with rugby league again.

PJ Marsh was part of the winning "beef" team in the annual Beef Vs Reef game at Browne Park in Rockhampton in 2022.

In 2022, PJ Marsh's youngest son Jay was a member of the Yeppoon Seagulls Under 14's team competing in the Junior Rocky Rustlers rugby league competition.