HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

jadtiger · 2025-12-03T07:26:23+1100

BlackWhiteGold said:
This would be a most pleasing outcome for many.

No protracted saga for the NRL, Burgess out pleasing the masses, HBG saves some face with blame falling on its representative & business returns to normal for WT & its board.

We know that HBG have a history of knifing their own! Maybe it will be Burgess.

All previous form suggests it would be anyone and everyone else but Burgess who would be sacked/terminated/forced to resign as the blame never sticks to him some how it is everybody else at fault.Cockroaches can survive in a nucleur wasteland and i reckon Burgess could out survive cockroaches.

Odessa · 2025-12-03T07:28:13+1100

Tom Shines said:
The NRL should have knocked this shit on the head years ago

PVL has said before it's a West Tiger's licence in passing

But I think he has to make a statement that Balmain nor West will not be returning to the NRL it's West Tiger's or nothing

Is it 2028! that all the club's licences get renewed?

coivtny · 2025-12-03T07:29:53+1100

BAGNF05 said:
It might only be a very small minority but unfortunately one or more of them are in power. They are the dinosaurs and they’re going against the responsibilities of a Board member and should be removed.

I don't disagree with your comment but I have no doubt THEY WON"T WIN. I just resent comments being thrown around like "Magpie dinosaurs". If he means people pushing for the return of the Magpies are dinosaurs, he should say that. It doesn't take much extra effort to choose your words carefully.

BAGNF05 · 2025-12-03T07:34:02+1100

coivtny said:
I don't disagree with your comment but I have no doubt THEY WON"T WIN. I just resent comments being thrown around like "Magpie dinosaurs". If he means people pushing for the return of the Magpies are dinosaurs, he should say that. It doesn't take much extra effort to choose your words carefully.

I’ve been guilty of that myself, it’s passion and anger coming out, that’s all. We all want a successful Wests Tigers, yet we have board members who don’t.

Does HBG even have a conflict of interests policy I wonder??

coivtny · 2025-12-03T07:34:18+1100

Odessa said:
PVL has said before it's a West Tiger's licence in passing

But I think he has to make a statement that Balmain nor West will not be returning to the NRL it's West Tiger's or nothing

Is it 2028! that all the club's licences get renewed?

Totally agree. PVL could put this to bed by making such a statement.

coivtny · 2025-12-03T07:41:18+1100

BAGNF05 said:
I’ve been guilty of that myself, it’s passion and anger coming out, that’s all. We all want a successful Wests Tigers, yet we have board members who don’t.

Does HBG even have a conflict of interests policy I wonder??

Who knows. I have no experience of licensed club management but, in terms of general management, I can't believe this mob (HBG) can run a successful club. It defies logic.
Our best chance of putting this to bed for all time is for the NRL to come out and make a statement that the licence belongs to WT only and will never be allowed to transfer to either Wests Magpies or Balmain Tigers.

mikey · 2025-12-03T07:41:32+1100

BZN said:
Take it easy big fella or this will start to sound like a Kangaroo Court, one in all in.
@Vicious is entitled to a fair hearing without being sworn at, accused or abused.

He is entitled to his opinion but not being either a patsy for HBG, shit-stirrer for the sake of it, or drowning us in his repetitive rubbish.

Telltails · 2025-12-03T07:45:06+1100

I can't see how Richardson can possible work any further with this lot - they have completely undermined him and their can be no faith or trust left between him and the HBG board.
He may hang in there for Benji's sake but I just don't think he has the DNA to suffer fools.

Bus 2 Terrigal · 2025-12-03T07:47:23+1100

BZN said:
100% agree B2T...and every day gets nearer the pointy end of life where you could fall of the perch at any time, you definitely get to learn getting upset about footy is a waste of time. Being interested and concerned is a real thing, but getting upset, nah.

Well said BZN.

It’s all just theatre. Rugby League is a soapy with head knocks.
Supporting the Wests Ts is one epic Greek tragedy (minus the souvlaki).

The recent boardroom shenanigans are but the latest chapter
I mean, how good is it to be talking rugby league in December.

God this club knows how to deliver 🤣

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T07:48:12+1100

Telltails said:
I can't see how Richardson can possible work any further with this lot - they have completely undermined him and their can be no faith or trust left between him and the HBG board.
He may hang in there for Benji's sake but I just don't think he has the DNA to suffer fools.

He said he wouldn’t work without an independent board … why don’t we believe him ? Everything he has done this past 18 months has just been flushed

Bus 2 Terrigal · 2025-12-03T07:48:25+1100

Telltails said:
I can't see how Richardson can possible work any further with this lot - they have completely undermined him and their can be no faith or trust left between him and the HBG board.
He may hang in there for Benji's sake but I just don't think he has the DNA to suffer fools.

How does this effect Richo exactly ?

Bus 2 Terrigal · 2025-12-03T07:49:42+1100

Tito Santana said:
If you want the Wests Magpies or the Balmain Tigers to return you are a knob.

Profound 🤔

Bus 2 Terrigal · 2025-12-03T07:50:35+1100

Tom Shines said:
He said he wouldn’t work without an independent board … why don’t we believe him ? Everything he has done this past 18 months has just been flushed

What’s been flushed exactly ?

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T07:51:15+1100

Bus 2 Terrigal said:
What’s been flushed exactly ?

The independent board which he worked for months to set up … try to keep up

Spartan117 · 2025-12-03T07:51:42+1100

We have seen what this club could be when the idiots are not involved.

Good players come and resigned
Young Fans are interested again
Club makes a profit
Tons of sponsorship

Now the idiots are back and it goes to crap.

hammertime · 2025-12-03T07:52:42+1100

cochise said:
The HBG have knifed 8 directors, including 3 chairs and a CEO in the last 18 months across 2 boards.

Yep. Says it all really. Dealing with insecure little children who want only their way

Bus 2 Terrigal · 2025-12-03T07:58:20+1100

Tom Shines said:
The independent board which he worked for months to set up … try to keep up

So that was “everything he was working on for the past 18 months” ?

If that’s true, I’m starting to think Richo may not be Penske material 🥺

hammertime · 2025-12-03T07:59:23+1100

Vicious said:
There is absolutely a chance they have bungled this up.
There is also a chance they had a genuine reason for dismissing the independent board members and if that is the case everyone glass been jumping to conclusions for no good reason.

I think there is a second tier to this too. Even if some decisions were mistakenly believed it was in the normal operations of the business and not taken to board, then is dismissing the board the correct action? Where's the escalation to the board?

WT would have had to deliberately circumvent the board multiple times after escalation to result in something as extreme as dissolution of the board.. and it would have involved richo who has not been sacked.

Spartan117 · 2025-12-03T08:00:11+1100

Richo is the most important person in all this mess.

Hope he doesn't walk

Tom Shines · 2025-12-03T08:00:53+1100

Bus 2 Terrigal said:
So that was “everything he was working on for the past 18 months” ?

If that’s true, I’m starting to think Richo may not be Penske material 🥺

It’s not a straight forward task to implement… and all that effort is now wasted …

in addition he has worked on two stadium upgrade deals involving multiple different governments that may now be in question …

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