HBG, Independent Directors Sacked
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The answer is; whoever came up with the idea - Wild Wests: Tales from Tiger Town - and whoever approved it. Match made in heaven really.
GNR4LIFE
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Is nearly 20 mins without a post in this thread a new record?
Only that an extremely fit Royce Hunt will be a better value prop than Leo Thompson is 2026.
Wests Tigers have 3 halves all better players than Lachlan Galvin in 2026.
The Bulldogs are getting a reputation for using players up and spitting them back out, team harmony could become an issue.
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Buttface
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Come on now, that’s rubbish and just as divisive as HBG.
WestsEffTheRest
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my brain is turning to porridge ,since this went down , have 2 lock myself into rehab tomorrow - big weekend n all
weststigers
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No...you've read a bit too much into it.
How about the truth of both being complete imbeciles one taking more money than he can achieve anywhere else. The other not caring a complete fuk except for there own agenda
Well I know what you know
Gary from Minto
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I’ve been a long-suffering Magpies and now Wests Tigers fan for a long time. It’s pathetic that small-minds can do their best to sink an NRL club due to ego.
You don’t have to be a genius to figure out who might be behind this. Same playbook. Whistleblower complaints (one against Rick Wayde and O’Farrell if memory serves). Legal threats. And egos with little to no experience in high performance business or sports management.
Just look back to news articles from last December. This is from the SMH on the 27th December:
“Romero sent an email to O’Farrell on July 14 and copied in a number of key stakeholders, including a member of the HBG human resources team and a legal representative from Clayton Utz law firm.
The email raised a number of concerns over issues at the Wests Tigers, including the appointment of Enrichd – the company part-owned by Richardson and his son Brent – to conduct a marketing review of the club.”
You don’t have to be a genius to figure out who might be behind this. Same playbook. Whistleblower complaints (one against Rick Wayde and O’Farrell if memory serves). Legal threats. And egos with little to no experience in high performance business or sports management.
Just look back to news articles from last December. This is from the SMH on the 27th December:
“Romero sent an email to O’Farrell on July 14 and copied in a number of key stakeholders, including a member of the HBG human resources team and a legal representative from Clayton Utz law firm.
The email raised a number of concerns over issues at the Wests Tigers, including the appointment of Enrichd – the company part-owned by Richardson and his son Brent – to conduct a marketing review of the club.”
Than a crinkly 75 year old with a wig, sorry shit haircut (it’s definitely not a wig) . You’re insane dude .
I know Cochise has packed on the kgs, I’m sure most have , but mate you’re dreaming . That’s nothing that a shave , some nice pants and a nice shirt wouldn’t fix . How do you fix a bloke who looks like skeletor ?
GNR4LIFE
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Dennis isn’t 75 is he?…Is he?
cochise
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Me too
innsaneink
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Hahah skeletor....funny coz its true
weststigers
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I don't think cochise gives a flying fig tree what mushroom brain has to say
Dennisspicer1
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To BZN,
Your article to WESTSTIGERS Clarified some memory I had as to when we became a joint venture, We might have become the Parramatta Tigers, as Dennis Fitzgerald
Was keen to get rid of eels and become the Parra Tigers, our club seriously thought about it but decided that it was better to go with West Magpies not Parra, So it was by that decision the saviour of our Clubs,
WEST MAGPIES & BALMAIN TIGERS,
as you said, it was BALMAIN SAVED WEST,
AND THEY STILL WANT TO DESTROY US AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
Your article to WESTSTIGERS Clarified some memory I had as to when we became a joint venture, We might have become the Parramatta Tigers, as Dennis Fitzgerald
Was keen to get rid of eels and become the Parra Tigers, our club seriously thought about it but decided that it was better to go with West Magpies not Parra, So it was by that decision the saviour of our Clubs,
WEST MAGPIES & BALMAIN TIGERS,
as you said, it was BALMAIN SAVED WEST,
AND THEY STILL WANT TO DESTROY US AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
BAGNF05
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Get over it mate. Wests Tigers
weststigers
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It's on boys
www.smh.com.au
V’landys meets with sacked Wests Tigers directors
By Adrian Proszenko
December 9, 2025 — 7.36pm
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Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys has made good on his promise to investigate Wests Tigers’ corporate governance by meeting with the club’s four sacked independent directors on Tuesday afternoon.
The development comes as pressure grows on Dennis Burgess, the chairman of the club’s majority owner, the Holman Barnes Group (HBG), to stand down. His future is likely to come to a head next week.
> “There are no further decisions or changes that have been made about the Wests Tigers board at the moment,” an HBG spokesperson said. “The next board meeting is scheduled for December 15.”
Shane Richardson quit as Wests Tigers chief executive on Monday after deciding he could not work with HBG, just a week after it sacked independent Tigers directors Barry O’Farrell, Annabelle Williams, Charlie Viola and Michelle McDowell.
Despite having representation on the Tigers board, HBG claimed it was left out of key decisions such as the team’s stadia policy. That claim prompted a legal letter from the sacked directors, resulting in a video from HBG chief executive Daniel Paton being taken down from the company’s website.
The developments have piqued the interest of Liquor & Gaming NSW, the body that sacked the Parramatta Leagues Club board in 2016 for having ceased to be an effective governing body. The state’s liquor and gaming watchdog stated that it is monitoring the latest developments involving the board.
So, too, is the NRL. V’landys has already spoken to Paton, who assured him HBG was not trying to squeeze Balmain out of the joint venture. On Tuesday he invited O’Farrell, Williams, Viola and McDowell to provide their version of events at his Racing NSW headquarters in Sydney.
O’Farrell and V’landys were contacted for comment. V’landys has previously stated he will look into the matter.
> “We want to make sure [the internal power battle] doesn’t affect the running of the football club,” V’landys said on Saturday.
“We want to make sure that [coach] Benji Marshall and the players are quarantined from all of this drama. It’s important because they need to prepare for next season without these worries, so we need to make sure that they will be quarantined from any drama.
“In the interim, we will speak to all parties to see what has caused this instability.”
The NRL’s integrity unit is also following up a whistleblower complaint against Richardson to decide whether there is any substance to the allegations. HBG is deciding whether to launch its own probe, which could affect Richardson’s payout.
> “He’s just given his resignation,” an HBG spokesperson said. “Nothing has been finalised in terms of financial settlement, and it is not appropriate to discuss any commercial terms.”
Inner West Council mayor Darcy Byrne has called for disgruntled Tigers fans to march from Pratten Park to Wests Ashfield as part of a protest rally on Saturday to demand the resignation of the HBG board.
Former Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis said he was unsure which direction the club will go in the future.
> “It will be interesting to see what Holman Barnes does,” Hagipantelis told SEN radio.
“Of course, two years ago they favoured that [independent] review and in accordance with those recommendations they appointed an independent board, that lasted 18 months or so.
“They weren’t happy with the delegation of authority to the extent that it was. They’ve made that very, very clear. Moving forward, what are they going to do?
“Are they going to replace the independents with more independents and just constrain them? Or are they going to stack the board with more Wests Magpies acolytes? It remains to be seen.”
V’landys meets with sacked Wests Tigers directors
The NRL has made good on its promise to look into the club’s boardroom issues following the sacking of four independent directors by its majority owner.
V’landys meets with sacked Wests Tigers directors
By Adrian Proszenko
December 9, 2025 — 7.36pm
---
Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V’landys has made good on his promise to investigate Wests Tigers’ corporate governance by meeting with the club’s four sacked independent directors on Tuesday afternoon.
The development comes as pressure grows on Dennis Burgess, the chairman of the club’s majority owner, the Holman Barnes Group (HBG), to stand down. His future is likely to come to a head next week.
> “There are no further decisions or changes that have been made about the Wests Tigers board at the moment,” an HBG spokesperson said. “The next board meeting is scheduled for December 15.”
Shane Richardson quit as Wests Tigers chief executive on Monday after deciding he could not work with HBG, just a week after it sacked independent Tigers directors Barry O’Farrell, Annabelle Williams, Charlie Viola and Michelle McDowell.
Despite having representation on the Tigers board, HBG claimed it was left out of key decisions such as the team’s stadia policy. That claim prompted a legal letter from the sacked directors, resulting in a video from HBG chief executive Daniel Paton being taken down from the company’s website.
The developments have piqued the interest of Liquor & Gaming NSW, the body that sacked the Parramatta Leagues Club board in 2016 for having ceased to be an effective governing body. The state’s liquor and gaming watchdog stated that it is monitoring the latest developments involving the board.
So, too, is the NRL. V’landys has already spoken to Paton, who assured him HBG was not trying to squeeze Balmain out of the joint venture. On Tuesday he invited O’Farrell, Williams, Viola and McDowell to provide their version of events at his Racing NSW headquarters in Sydney.
O’Farrell and V’landys were contacted for comment. V’landys has previously stated he will look into the matter.
> “We want to make sure [the internal power battle] doesn’t affect the running of the football club,” V’landys said on Saturday.
“We want to make sure that [coach] Benji Marshall and the players are quarantined from all of this drama. It’s important because they need to prepare for next season without these worries, so we need to make sure that they will be quarantined from any drama.
“In the interim, we will speak to all parties to see what has caused this instability.”
The NRL’s integrity unit is also following up a whistleblower complaint against Richardson to decide whether there is any substance to the allegations. HBG is deciding whether to launch its own probe, which could affect Richardson’s payout.
> “He’s just given his resignation,” an HBG spokesperson said. “Nothing has been finalised in terms of financial settlement, and it is not appropriate to discuss any commercial terms.”
Inner West Council mayor Darcy Byrne has called for disgruntled Tigers fans to march from Pratten Park to Wests Ashfield as part of a protest rally on Saturday to demand the resignation of the HBG board.
Former Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis said he was unsure which direction the club will go in the future.
> “It will be interesting to see what Holman Barnes does,” Hagipantelis told SEN radio.
“Of course, two years ago they favoured that [independent] review and in accordance with those recommendations they appointed an independent board, that lasted 18 months or so.
“They weren’t happy with the delegation of authority to the extent that it was. They’ve made that very, very clear. Moving forward, what are they going to do?
“Are they going to replace the independents with more independents and just constrain them? Or are they going to stack the board with more Wests Magpies acolytes? It remains to be seen.”
respect people - please, thats what the young 1 and i call Brett Hodgson lol
