I'm one of the supporters that originally came from the Balmain side but fully support Wests Tigers as a merged joint venture, while still appreciating the history and memories of the 2 foundation clubs that had been around since 1908.
Having said that up front I just cannot understand why and how our KOE team is not branded Wests Tigers. In my opinion this should flow through to the junior grades as closely as possible as well.
To me it is a no brainer that if there was one way to display a sign of strength and unity it would be to be playing under the one brand and to be one of the clubs that does not draw NRL players from a reserve grade team that has little geographical or historical connection to their NRL team.
I have to laugh when some of these NRL clubs have to change which reserve grade side they have an affiliation with, when in our case it would be so easy to make a strong show of strength and solidarity and have everything under the one banner.
How do these clowns on the board expect supporters to get behind the Wests Tigers when they are actively creating divisions.
I fully support celebrating the history of our 2 great foundation clubs and hold events that celebrate that history but after more than 20 years isn't it time to go forward as what we are now which is the Wests Tigers.