Benji Marshall is a once-in-a-generation footballer. To some, he is a once-in-a-lifetime footballer. Really, there has never been anyone like him. Phil Gould has written that Marshall is a 'mystery wrapped inside a riddle'. Now, all the mysteries and riddles of Marshall, the brilliant West Tigers and Kiwis five-eighth are solved. Where did that step come from? How on earth did he conjure up the flick pass that won the 2005 grand final? What on earth is he doing sometimes?