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Benji rebuke helps Tiger Fainu go from fat to fit

It's fair to say Latu Fainu regretted his return to training in less than top shape. (James Gourley/AAP PHOTOS)

A no-holds-barred spray from the usually laidback Benji Marshall has been the wake-up call Latu Fainu needed to perhaps fulfil the potential that once led to him being labelled the NRL's hottest property. 

In a bid to raise standards after a third-straight wooden spoon, Marshall made a pact with his players that they would return to pre-season training in good nick.

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