Benji Marshall has apologised for Wests Tigers' "embarrassing" 68-0 drubbing from Penrith, threatening to swing the axe on his "brain-dead" NRL side.
The gutted coach said he was surprised supporters stuck around so long on Sunday afternoon as the Tigers slumped to their second-biggest loss as a joint venture.
They were never in the contest against the ladder-leading Panthers, who scored five of their six first-half tries on the back of errors from their rivals.
Asked what he told his players in his halftime address, Marshall was blunt.
"You don't want to know," he said.
The joint venture did not play the ball in the red zone until the second half, conceded 15 line breaks and missed 55 tackles for the afternoon.
