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Agreed - I’d like to see something which confirms this, if so. It seems like a very strange and expensive position for the NRL to take to centrally vet all posts by all the clubs. The time involved would be large and they would need to have sufficient knowledge of all the details of all the...

"The Tigers will play host to the Panthers at Leichhardt Oval as part of a double-header on Friday, 20 September" This typo (in the club's press release) might be the only way we will be playing the Panthers in September! Fingers crossed we beat them in both the fake and real September 2026.

Just to clarify: all the evidence points to LIV failing massively and losing the players it took back to the PGA. For example: Slate link Not saying that R360, or another international rugby or league competition could not emerge, but the fate of LIV, and the delay of R360, actually suggest...

Yes, it seems like a pretty rash decision - what if the team goes downhill and a new coach is needed? Presumably a contractual extension now means any payout would be even larger. Seems like it would have been cheaper to not fire the independent directors and now need to extend the coach’s...

Yes, that was the joke (and why the statement was in quotes) - as in, if they now reappoint the chairman they publicly punted 9 days ago, they would have just given a comically compelling reason why the football club needs an independent board…

“Give me one good reason why the football club needs a board that is independent from HBG?”

Also: what does this say about the investigation into Richardson? Who was the terrible chairman who must have allowed all that graft to occur on his watch? The guy they are apparently re-appointing… um, what?!

Quite possibly - but what sort of half-baked operation would make a set of decisions which means they have to be forced to back down so publicly and completely? They literally took the position 9 days ago things were so badly run at the board they had to terminate the chairman! Next move - meet...

So, HBG’s position is that O’Farrell was so poor as the Chairman, in not ensuring they were kept informed of decisions, he needs to be… appointed as Chairman…?!

That doesn't seem to be the case in the modern game, with players thinking about how their careers play out and develop. If they are at a club which seems to be going nowhere, many players (no doubt inspired by social media, media and their managers) start looking for their longer-term future...

Blanket refusals for refunds - generating some additional bad PR: https://www.nine.com.au/sport/nrl/news-2025-the-mole-exclusive-wests-tigers-members-fans-refunds-refused-emails-20251209-p5nm0b.html

Yes, from yet another re-build / revamp / re-start looks like with another new board and new CEO.

That’s the worry, yes. Hopefully not, for the club’s sake. But if you were a marketing professional, you would likely think that the strongest supporters of a football club would be those reading and posting on a supporters forum in the offseason, or making / viewing fan podcasts in the...

Based on the fact that the club has been a basket case for 10 years, finished last 3 times in a row, and in response undertook a review which identified that in order to be successful needed to implement a fundamental change of governance, which was summarily thrown away. The existence of the...

I think the reason for the level of concern is that the second part of your statement might not be true for the long term.

I’ve emailed asking for my membership to be cancelled and refunded. I actually do think there is a fairly good argument that the state of the football club 8 days ago is fundamentally different to the one now, and as such the basis upon which the membership was sold has now changed.

It is very difficult to see any promising player, coach or administrator hitching themselves to the club given what has just transpired. It is utter madness. It’s obviously much deeper than perceptions, but the perceptions also matter. The destruction of brand value (for sponsors) and loyalty...

It's being separately reported on the SMH now, with a line suggesting a direct WT source "Fairfax Media has been told the team's unacceptable past two performances will be on the agenda, which could spell the end of Taylor's NRL coaching career."...