Bulldogs fend off Roosters and Rabbitohs to sign champion North Queensland prop Damon Marshall

In a major win over rival clubs, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have secured one of Queensland’s brightest rugby league prospects. Find out why his coach thinks he’ll make the NRL.

Damon Marshall has signed a two-year deal with the Bulldogs.

Townsville rugby league prospect Damon Marshall has knocked back offers from the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney Rabbitohs to sign a two-year contract with the Bulldogs.

After graduating from Ignatius Park College in 2021, the Western Lions junior took a huge step in his career this week when he secured his place in Belmore.

Lions A Grade coach Jacob Bourke said Marshall had the right mindset to make it all the way to the NRL.

“He’s obviously got the talent. He’s a freak of a player, he has a freak stature on him, but probably the best thing about him is his mindset,” Bourke said.

Damon Marshall. QRL; Mal Meninga Cup U18 Grand Final: Townsville Blackhawks Vs Tweed Seagulls at Jack Manski Oval, Townsville, 2021. Picture: Alix Sweeney

“He’s a fitness freak, he wins nearly all of our sessions if not every single one of them and I know he wins a lot of the Blackhawks sessions as well.

“He’s an old-school front rower with a lot of speed and a lot of fitness, I think he’ll relish it there and hopefully we see him in the Jersey Flegg and then the NRL in a couple of years.”

Marshall was a standout for the Lions in A Grade and Blackhawks in 2022, coming off a season where he led the Blackhawks to the Queensland championship in the Mal Meninga Cup.

The news comes after Marshall’s Ignatius Park teammate and Cowboys squad member Tom Duffy rejected overtures from the same club, insisting he wanted to stay in Townsville with the Cowboys.

Originally published as Bulldogs fend off Roosters and Rabbitohs to sign champion North Queensland prop Damon Marshall