CEO - Shane Richardson

Tiger Karen said:

Quality control Update:

The lanyardy thing was subjected to a brutal round of vicious wild animal containment and control:

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After a period of rest, and a “ no drive bib” I will check to see how it shapes up tomorrow.

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Cute Dog

The Chad said:

If it was a big NRL deal for a much in-demand player who chose the Tigers over another club- MAYBE you could question the deal.

But a young bloke from Q-Cup, from the club Richardson has history with, beating a local club to his Train & Trial deal...they are really digging for this one.

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The media live on another planet. They genuinely can't understand the criticism by the public. You can see them scoff on TV when they get backlash from the public.

I'm all for good investigative journalism, but they have literally just cast aspersions here with no evidence.

For any other club, this guy would be considered a solid pickup with genuine NRL potential, yet for us, it's a conflict of interest.

Sully said:

Cute Dog

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Thanks, he wants his own membership, so I have to buy him one.

Benjis pick up of salad still remains unresolved and shrouded in mystery.

The promised Lee challenge going to same way as his accountability.

The twilight zone.

Richos fee for his tenure here is probably worth many hundreds of thousands more than a few residuals from a Q tipper.

His breakfast would probably cost more than this deal.

And hes sourced good Qlders for other clubs before.

That’s how the big guys rolls.

Meeting with Vlandys one day, carpark deals the next.

Not what you know it’s who you know!

TCL said:

Not what you know it’s who you know!

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A bit of both I think.

Richo has probably dealt with more player managers and agents than anyone alive, knows all the tricks of the trade.

Can see right through the old “ Gus is also interested in my player” hand.

We know the coaches and ceos are often talking to each other about all kinds of things.

Richo also said that recruitment was supposed to deliver the players that Benji wants but you think about that you realise it’s all but impossible to get there. The players aren’t available, they cost too much etc, won’t move etc etc.

Benjis working with a squad , the majority of which, he didn’t recruit but inherited.

But at least he has a really good idea of why they were bought and what has gone wrong,

Tiger Karen said:

A bit of both I think.

Richo has probably dealt with more player managers and agents than anyone alive, knows all the tricks of the trade.

Can see right through the old “ Gus is also interested in my player” hand.

We know the coaches and ceos are often talking to each other about all kinds of things.

Richo also said that recruitment was supposed to deliver the players that Benji wants but you think about that you realise it’s all but impossible to get there. The players aren’t available, they cost too much etc, won’t move etc etc.

Benjis working with a squad , the majority of which, he didn’t recruit but inherited.

But at least he has a really good idea of why they were bought and what has gone wrong,

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Our previous coaches were going to the recruitment buffet after the fat kids had already been through. With Richo and Benji it appears we might even get a look at a menu.

innsaneink said:

One of the articles I read when he first came on board he mentioned at south's or sharks... after a good win he'd let the players and staff celebrate how they wanted to, where he would go home and scoff a packet of fish fingers

Hope he gets well soon and stays well

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That's so weird. Of all the times in my life I've considered treating myself to food or a beverage, it's never crossed my mind to raid the fish fingers.

Maybe Bird's Eye was a major sponsor back in the day?

jirskyr said:

That's so weird. Of all the times in my life I've considered treating myself to food or a beverage, it's never crossed my mind to raid the fish fingers.

Maybe Bird's Eye was a major sponsor back in the day?

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It was referenced in regards to his famously bad and low-brow eating habits.

That he preferred a packet of fish fingers or a couple of pies to haute cuisine...

Not that it was a particular celebratory meal.

hammertime said:

I hear you guys. But he's gotten a lot of credit at the moment for just firing people. In terms of players, Luai and Olam were both pretty much over the line earlier. Even the prior management had started moving on noffa.

Don't get me wrong. I like what he's done. I'm just saying lets not go singing his praises so soon.

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I'm not sure Luai comes if Pascoe and Lee are at the helm

BAGNF05 said:

Our previous coaches were going to the recruitment buffet after the fat kids had already been through. With Richo and Benji it appears we might even get a look at a menu.

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lol, it’s kind of like “all you can eat” under the salary cap regime.

A disclaimer at the front that the NRL establishment is not responsible for instances of food poisoning.

hammertime said:

I hear you guys. But he's gotten a lot of credit at the moment for just firing people. In terms of players, Luai and Olam were both pretty much over the line earlier. Even the prior management had started moving on noffa.

Don't get me wrong. I like what he's done. I'm just saying lets not go singing his praises so soon.

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I’m happy to sing his praises, because the record shows we could barely sink to any lower depths than the two spoonages.

This happened under Pascoes watch.

The worst outcome we could get under Richo and our junta board is another spoon which is equal to Pascoe and Lees banana republic.

But your caution is otherwise quite understandable.

I think everyone was otherwise desperate for some off field leadership.

Only a month or so after we got the spoon and before he was taken out the back and shot in the back of the head, Lee was talking about how things were improving.

ALL of the evidence suggested otherwise.

There was no accountability, just whoppers and false promises. We’d had years of it. The nonsense was so bad, it was really hard work listening to Lee.

I’d reached the four stages of grief for the club orherwise.

I would have kept Pascoe on in a more junior role to help with transitions and odd jobs. And of course, we never heard his side of things. We know he was up to his neck in white anting Tim and he did a good job of slithering around quietly, his bloody hands on the contract as Fulton signed.

I don’t think @Tucker is so generous.

weststigers said:

Reading the headlines today and the media suggesting a conflict of interest that Richo signed Fataape because he is managed by Rich Digital.

The kid is a genuinely good player. I can't understand the need to create drama from nothing.

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NRL media still got a collective prolapsed anus after Jarome decided to cuck them all and announce his signing personally and dick them all out of a "scoop."

This is the part that gets me. The reason for the Fulton firing?

“Brent sent a tape to the Tigers four or five months ago. When I got involved with the club, I asked the question about it and Benji had not even seen it.

“No one had passed it onto him, so I passed it onto him. So when Benji saw the video, he told me we need to get this guy.

BAGNF05 said:

He doesn’t do things by committee. When he ran a QLD club he boasted that he put himself on the 3 man selection committee and told the third bloke he would be backing the coach every time. I get the feeling he has identified a lot of unnecessary processes happening at WT and he’s on a mission to simplify and if it’s not helping us win, see ya.

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Yep. Say what you like about dictators, but they get shit done.

hammertime said:

This is the part that gets me. The reason for the Fulton firing?

“Brent sent a tape to the Tigers four or five months ago. When I got involved with the club, I asked the question about it and Benji had not even seen it.

“No one had passed it onto him, so I passed it onto him. So when Benji saw the video, he told me we need to get this guy.

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Buzz article (below) now saying that not correct. Pascoe forwarded to Benji and Benji said not interested.

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Confusion is growing at Wests Tigers over the recent appointment of Shane Richardson as interim CEO and cloudy details around a potential conflict of interest.

An internal Tigers source recently alerted us to the fact the club had signed rookie Queensland Cup centre Solomona Faataape, a youngster managed by his son Brent at Rich Digital. Richardson himself is a part owner of Rich Digital with his son – an accredited NRL player agent.
The Sunday Telegraph has now learnt that Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall had four months earlier rejected the 23-year-old as a potential recruit, as had several other NRL clubs.
Marshall then agreed to sign the player when Richardson arrived.
Richardson spoke to Nine newspapers last week about the situation. Some of his responses have set off alarm bells. He denied being involved in the signing.

Confusion is growing at the Wests Tigers over Shane Richardson’s appointment as interim CEO and cloudy details over a possible conflict of interest. Picture: David Swift
“I don’t have a licence to do player negotiations,” he said. “That all stands with my son and always has done. Brent sent a tape to the Tigers four or five months ago.”
Further inquiries reveal this is incorrect.
It was Richardson himself, not his son, who emailed Wests Tigers and several other NRL clubs, attaching Faataape’s highlights video with a spiel on the player’s history. This is against NRL rules in which only accredited agents can negotiate with clubs.
Then it gets more intriguing. Richardson told Nine newspapers that Marshall had not seen the highlights video and email when it was sent in October.
“When I got involved with the club, I asked the question about it (the email) and Benji had not even seen it,” he told Nine newspapers.
This is again incorrect.

The email was sent from Richardson to former Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe, who forwarded it straight to Marshall to get his opinion.
Marshall then replied with words to the effect of: “Not interested – we need experience.”
This is a situation the NRL Integrity Unit is monitoring.

The Wests Tigers recently signed Solomona Faataape, a youngster managed by Richardson’s son Brent at Rich Digital. Picture: NRL Photos
A spokesman said: “The integrity unit is aware of recent media reporting on this issue and will determine if any inquiries are necessary.”
Richardson remains adamant that he has done nothing wrong. He is now saying he was acting as a consultant for Faataape’s club Brisbane Easts when he was offering the centre to Sydney clubs via the email and highlights package.

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“I wasn’t acting on his behalf – I was doing it for Easts,” he said. “As for Benji, he insists he hadn’t seen the tape. When Benji eventually saw it, him and Matt Betsy (head of football) did the deal. It was an arm’s-length-from-me situation.”
“I’m not sure why you are pursuing this. I don’t think it’s murky at all. There is no conflict of interest.”
We have been trying for several days to contact Brent Richardson. He is ducking for cover and refusing to reply.

jojo said:

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Confusion is growing at Wests Tigers over the recent appointment of Shane Richardson as interim CEO and cloudy details around a potential conflict of interest.

An internal Tigers source recently alerted us to the fact the club had signed rookie Queensland Cup centre Solomona Faataape, a youngster managed by his son Brent at Rich Digital. Richardson himself is a part owner of Rich Digital with his son – an accredited NRL player agent.
The Sunday Telegraph has now learnt that Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall had four months earlier rejected the 23-year-old as a potential recruit, as had several other NRL clubs.
Marshall then agreed to sign the player when Richardson arrived.
Richardson spoke to Nine newspapers last week about the situation. Some of his responses have set off alarm bells. He denied being involved in the signing.

Confusion is growing at the Wests Tigers over Shane Richardson’s appointment as interim CEO and cloudy details over a possible conflict of interest. Picture: David Swift
“I don’t have a licence to do player negotiations,” he said. “That all stands with my son and always has done. Brent sent a tape to the Tigers four or five months ago.”
Further inquiries reveal this is incorrect.
It was Richardson himself, not his son, who emailed Wests Tigers and several other NRL clubs, attaching Faataape’s highlights video with a spiel on the player’s history. This is against NRL rules in which only accredited agents can negotiate with clubs.
Then it gets more intriguing. Richardson told Nine newspapers that Marshall had not seen the highlights video and email when it was sent in October.
“When I got involved with the club, I asked the question about it (the email) and Benji had not even seen it,” he told Nine newspapers.
This is again incorrect.

The email was sent from Richardson to former Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe, who forwarded it straight to Marshall to get his opinion.
Marshall then replied with words to the effect of: “Not interested – we need experience.”
This is a situation the NRL Integrity Unit is monitoring.

The Wests Tigers recently signed Solomona Faataape, a youngster managed by Richardson’s son Brent at Rich Digital. Picture: NRL Photos
A spokesman said: “The integrity unit is aware of recent media reporting on this issue and will determine if any inquiries are necessary.”
Richardson remains adamant that he has done nothing wrong. He is now saying he was acting as a consultant for Faataape’s club Brisbane Easts when he was offering the centre to Sydney clubs via the email and highlights package.

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“I wasn’t acting on his behalf – I was doing it for Easts,” he said. “As for Benji, he insists he hadn’t seen the tape. When Benji eventually saw it, him and Matt Betsy (head of football) did the deal. It was an arm’s-length-from-me situation.”
“I’m not sure why you are pursuing this. I don’t think it’s murky at all. There is no conflict of interest.”
We have been trying for several days to contact Brent Richardson. He is ducking for cover and refusing to reply.

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Old mate Buzz is scraping the bottom of the barrell in regards to writing a negative Tigers story here. Upset that we have had a positive pre-season. Trying to get us in trouble for signing a player on a development contract. Yet Braith Anasta being a major part of media and a player agent isn't a conflict of interest?

Trials are 2 weeks away.
In comes the media to derail us.

Tigers_Wests said:

Old mate Buzz is scraping the bottom of the barrell in regards to writing a negative Tigers story here. Upset that we have had a positive pre-season. Trying to get us in trouble for signing a player on a development contract. Yet Braith Anasta being a major part of media and a player agent isn't a conflict of interest?

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100 % agree... Clearly they see Tigers heading up and losing their mainstream of media. They are messing with the wrong guy I believe as Richardson won't hold back pointing this rubbish out.

It pisses me off they are looking at this minor shit when Dog, Souths, Roosters take the piss out of the salary cap system and its a blind eye from Fox sports, NRL and DT..