The brilliance is fine but the Wests Tigers also want a more "judicious" Benji Marshall as they head towards the NRL finals.

Marshall was at his game-breaking best as he created two tries to snatch victory from Manly last weekend, helping the Tigers to their first run of three straight wins this year.

But, after the 14-12 victory, coach Tim Sheens described one of the plays, a difficult pass for halfback Robert Lui to score, as an accident waiting to happen.

Sheens said the side needed to rely less on its flamboyance.

Centre Chris Lawrence suggested this week that the Tigers were after more consistency from Marshall, but Sheens said that applied to all of his playmakers.

"What he's referring to there, as we always do, is just getting consistency in the team and ball-players generally," Sheens said.

"When you touch the ball 50 times a game, you're going to have some issues.

"We led by two and Benj went for two speculator passes when we really needed a kick there. That's all we're talking about.

"The spine in any team ... have really got to take that responsibility.

"(Judicious) would have been a better word for Chrissy to use."

Marshall revealed this week he was still to get back to peak fitness after suffering a knee injury in round 16.

He said he had limited his running and still needed to ice the injury.

"I really feel that my strength is my running game and it hasn't been there for most of the season," he told Rugby League Week.

Marshall will go head to head with NSW State of Origin five-eighth Jamie Soward in Friday night's Sydney Football Stadium blockbuster.

Tigers captain Robbie Farah said the side took some comfort in knowing the New Zealand captain could haul them out of trouble.

"Obviously an 80-minute performance would be nice but that seven minutes was pretty special," he said of the Sea Eagles game.

"If he can produce the sort of points that he did in those seven minutes in any sort of game, it's great for the side and it definitely gives the team a lift.

"Especially being down by 12 points, it always gives us the confidence to know that we can come back into a game."

Meanwhile, Tigers players are throwing their support behind back-rower Simon Dwyer, whose career has been seriously threatened by nerve damage in his right arm.

Dwyer suffered a brachial plexus injury against Canterbury in round 16 and still hasn't recovered full feeling or movement in his arm.

The 22-year-old has been told he requires surgery and is unlikely to play football again.

"It's tough. Obviously we're all feeling for him and all thinking about him," Farah said.

"For Simon at the moment, our main concern is his health.

"Footy would be an added bonus somewhere down the track.

"I know the club is doing everything they can and the players as well.

"He's somebody that's always going to be part of this club no matter what."

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