HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

[cochise]

I didn’t write the Facebook post

Yes but you used it to try and say I threatened violence when he actually says the opposite.

So I think you just proved that you can behave in a disgusting way.

 

[cochise]

There are some very good people on that list 👍

Obviously your name isn't one of the good people.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Mentioning that the Tiger is a strong brand is not a Balmain trope. It’s an opinion backed up by fanbase data. The Wests Tigers large fanbase are its strength. It’s obvious from their behaviour that the HB Group are not qualified to run a NRL franchise. Smart investors let the experts run the show. PVL’s silence smells to high
heaven.

You mean we’re all Wests Tigers fans here.

Wests, Tigers, Wests Tigers. It’s all the same.

 

[TigerNeddyK]

Clare Burgess. Wife of Dennis.

Julie Romero was the partner of Peter Hardgrove. His brother was John Hardgrove, gave up his debenture holder status.

The Hardgrove's appeared to be good people, but as you can also see, It's simply a clique. It's who you know.

OF Denyy needs to keep the missus busy with something while he surfs the internet for entertainment!

 

[cochise]

Wests, Tigers, Wests Tigers. It’s all the same.

This

 

[Flash089]

Maybe we could change our name to the Balmain Magpies to see if the that makes Maggies fans happy.

The bin chickens would start laying striped eggs.

 

[liltiger]

If anything HBG held onto Madge too long & it was Lee & Pascoe via Sheens that moved him on.

Cleary moved once he realised Nathan wouldn't come to the Tigers. Not sure HBG had much to do with that.

Pascoe...here is what I'll say about HBG. If you are the significant share holding financier....whatever they are....no company owner is "hands off". What kind of company would hand everything over to someone else & expect no say in it?

Pascoe was given enough rope to hang himself 10 times over. HBG allowed him to do that.

That's a good point in Pasco had enough rope to hang himself 10 times over, after what has transpired this week how do we know how much of the mediocrity was his and how much was from an overbearing boardroom at HBG.
It can't just be Pasco. Cleary no doubt left for Nathan I don't dispute that at all but even then the media were reporting he saw Wests Tigers as too hard an environment to work in with the boardroom garbage. Madge didn't stay too long. The board hamstrung him by telling him how hard he should be training the guys. Instead of walking like Richo did he compromised and accommodated them and we got nowhere fast. He leaves wins origin, takes the Kiwis they win, then first year at Brisbane they win the comp. Cleary 4 comps after leaving. These guys know how to win even with inferior squads they couldn't do anything with us. Multiple ceo's, board members and make up, coaches who achieved nothing here and went on to win comps elsewhere and players. None achieved anything close to success here. The one constant has been the owner(s) and their interference.

 

[liltiger]

The dopes reversed everything as originally suspected (that they would never change)

Sorry mate, I got your point. I'll wake up eventually. Yeah spot on, they just played the long game

 

[Flash089]

Wests, Tigers, Wests Tigers. It’s all the same.

Ahhh Nah. That’s the loose argument for not doing the obvious and sensible thing and naming the NSW Cup team Wests Tigers.

 

[Telltails]

Just thinking whats the use of holding a rally if the person didn’t want to fight for his position , I wanted Richo to stay but he has just rolled over and left benji and the players to look after themselves, surely he could have stood up to them at least untill the nrl had looked at the situation

It's not just about Richardson he is just another victim who tried to make difference while walking away with the golden handshake - courtesy of our "owners". They knew his clauses and they forced his hand. Was never prepared to work with anything other than an independent board and as of this week we don't have one - with no guarantee that they intend to honour that recommendation any further.

This is about sustained and ongoing in -fighting within a governance structure that has no capacity to lead and in doing so continue to damage the club that it controls while expecting fans to continue supporting while having no voice
This didn't start with Richardson and it clearly has ended with him either

 

[Flash089]

Wests, Tigers, Wests Tigers. It’s all the same.

Ahhh Nah. That’s the loose argument for not doing the obvious sensible thing and naming the NSW Cup team Wests Tigers.

 

[area52]

Sorry mate, I got your point. I'll wake up eventually. Yeah spot on, they just played the long game

Spot on

 

[Bruiser]

Known debenture holders include:

• Peter DiMichiel (Chairman)
• Dennis Burgess (Chairman, also a Director of Wests Tigers)
• Kevin Hammond
• Daniel Lane
• Clare Burgess
• Fiona Shand
• Russell Smith
• Brian Cook
• Mick Liubinskas
• Scott Beynon
• Paul Marsh
• Allan Fallah (Appointed recently)
• Leo Epifania (Appointed recently)
• Bob Cairns (Appointed recently)
• Tony Raciti (Appointed recently)

Also add board members Montgomery & Tropiano (Lubinskas above plus the first 2 above) make up the 5 HBG appointees from the Debenture Holders.

 

[Tom Shines]

Funny that there is no other club in NSW that uses a debenture system anymore. I wonder why?

I’m guessing everyone else thought that system was out of place by the 2020’s

 

[Bus 2 Terrigal]

I don’t doubt that. Even the ex magpie players are ok in my book. But that’s not the point is it?

It was the point of my post 🤔

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Ahhh Nah. That’s the loose argument for not doing the obvious sensible thing and naming the NSW Cup team Wests Tigers.

Could you imagine Parramatta fans correcting each other saying “We aren’t Parramatta, we are the Parramatta Eels”? Bit silly right?

It’s a bit tiring that the Wests name has been demonised to the point that whenever it is uttered, it’s immediately seen as a Magpie reference, yet it’s part of the name of the bloody club.

 

[Lukic]

Instead of protesting on the street, we should storm Wests leagues club and takeover the pokies room. Just sit in there and stop others from using the machines. That'll do HBG more financial damage than returning memberships

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

I'm really interested to know why someone with a Wests Magpies avatar is so anti Wests.

Because HBG magpies are trying everything to ruin our F team, you just don't get it, starting to think the rumours are true and you are a moron.

 

[Tigerstigerstigers]

word is its mestrov , astonishing given the findings of the greyhound report, highly critical of his governance issues.

chapter 10 on.

www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2025-12/report-of-the-inquiry-into-greyhound-racing-nsw.pdf

 

[Tom Shines]

Instead of protesting on the street, we should storm Wests leagues club and takeover the pokies room. Just sit in there and stop others from using the machines. That'll do HBG more financial damage than returning memberships

We could actually pool all our money together and play their pokies … see if we can bankrupt them ..