'You're trying to make it about me': Benji Marshall prickles at reporters amid rumoured Adam Doueihi feud

Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall has prickled at reporters over questions surrounding an alleged rift between he and playmaker Adam Doueihi.

Earlier this week, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Doueihi was unimpressed by a tackle Marshall had put on him during training in the lead up to the Tigers' round 16 clash with Canberra.

The pair reportedly exchanged words and the situation became aggressive.

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Doueihi is unsigned for next season, and is almost certain to leave the club after signing with powerful player agent Isaac Moses.

On Friday morning, Marshall initially answered with a straight bat, before claiming the questions were only being asked because the club is losing games.

"I'm not going to buy into and add more things to or more fuel to something that's not true," Marshall said when asked to clarify the situation. He repeated the statement when asked if he and Doueihi were "all good".

At 40, Marshall is the youngest NRL coach – four months younger than Cameron Ciraldo – and often takes part in training sessions. He said he's been doing it since he took over as Tigers coach.

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"It doesn't matter why (it's important he gets hands-on at training). It's not about me. You're trying to make it about me," he said.

"I've been doing it for the last three years and all of a sudden now it's become an issue? Again, it's not about me.

"The way I do things, the way I coach, or the way I teach things or whatever, there's always a reason for it and at the end of the day, it comes down to winning and losing.

"When you're losing, these things come out ... you've just got to keep believing what you're doing, keep fighting for everything. As long as inside these four walls as a playing group, we're solid on what we're doing and where we want to go, nothing else matters.

"Until you win, these things hang around."

Marshall got even more prickly when pressed further on why he gets hands-on at training when others don't, before declaring he didn't feel as if his job was under pressure.

"Other coaches probably can't do it ... I don't know. Sometimes we're short on numbers. The reasons change all the time. You're making me talk about something I don't really want to talk about that suits a narrative that's been put out there. It's not a problem," he said.

"The only pressure I feel is that I want these guys to do well and this club to do well.

"But coaching is a privilege and what comes with that, you understand winning and losing determines everything. Although we're losing, we're on an upward trajectory.

"Until those wins start coming, of course this talk is going to happen. I knew what I was getting into when I took this job."

Marshall then ended his press conference, before showing attending journalists a video of the Doueihi incident. He declined to release the footage or show it on cameras.

The Tigers play the Roosters on Sunday afternoon. Doueihi has been named at five-eighth alongside stand-in halfback Latu Fainu.