Benji Marshall is backing Robbie Farah to play on next season after watching his good mate find some of the best form of his 16-year NRL career.

The reunited veterans are both weighing up their playing futures after showing they are ‘a bit quicker between the ears” these days with performances for their beloved Wests Tigers.

Marshall, 33, said on Monday he probably won’t address his contract until after the season while Farah, 34, was only signed to a six-month deal after being granted a mid-season release by South Sydney.

The duo, the sole remnants of the Tigers’ 2005 grand final-winning side, have relished renewing their combination since Farah’s return to Concord last month.

The five-eighth and hooker showed their close understanding as they prised open St George Illawarra’s defence on Sunday, their first match together since 2013.

“We’re both slower but I think between the ears, a bit quicker,” Marshall said.

“On the weekend, we looked at each other and he said ‘you’re a bit less erratic and a bit more grown up’ and I looked at him and said ‘you’re a bit smarter too’.

“Things have changed but the one thing that’s remained the same is we know how each other plays.”

Farah turned in his best performance in years on Sunday and made a convincing case for Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe and coach Ivan Cleary to offer him a new deal.

Whether he plays a 17th season will depend on how his body handles the rigours of week-in and week-out NRL football but Marshall was convinced Farah still had what it takes.

“You’d have to ask Robbie but judging by the way he’s playing, I feel like with the same energy and him enjoying his footy and him being back at the Tigers, the way he can play, I feel like he can (play on),” Marshall said.

Farah was forced out of Concord at the end of 2016 following a public feud with then coach Jason Taylor, only to return after a year-and-a-half at the Rabbitohs.

The former NSW No.9 has acquired a reputation with some as being difficult and controlling however Marshall said Farah had copped a bad rap.

“If anything I think people probably confuse ‘difficult’ with him wanting to be a winner, wanting to do whatever it takes to win,” Marshall said.

“Sometimes that might get people offside but from my point of view, I’ve never found him difficult.”