Is there anything official from Our Club informing us Robbie Farah will be commencing his 'Ambassadorial"
duties as well as his coaching duties?
I dont recall seeing it mentioned on Our Forum, but there is a possibility I may have missed it of course, if it was mentioned.
Because that is when it was announced? I wouldn't expect that it would be in the news regularly after that?
I would have thought something as momentous as Robbie Farah taking up his Ambassadorial duties would have been announced to Wests Tigers members first though @cochise?, rather than in a lovely little country town newspaper, like the Gloucester Advocate?
I may well be wrong, but it doesnt seem Our Members have been advised officially?
The country newspaper has it as they all run the same stories as they are all owned by the same people.
Here is the same story from ch7 if that is more believable?
https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/farah-to-return-as-tigers-specialist-coach-c-1552901
Take it from me, Farah is returning to the club as an ambassador in 2021 and will also be involved as a coaching consultant.
Farah is still waiting on having diplomatic flag poles installed on his Audi then an official announcement by the club will be made.
Yeh well......it is Robbie Farah, so if anyone is entitled to have diplomatic flagpoles installed on their Audi, it's him I guess :expressionless: .
I'm waiting excitedly for the official announcement as I reckon it will be backed up by the Queen's Own Royal Highlander Pipes and Drums Band.
I think they just want to forget the whole debacle.
With great respect to you @gallagher, I dont see how something flowing on from an incident resulting in a $600,000 salary cap hit can be swept under the carpet.
Particularly as the centre of the kerfuffle has now accepted the position the kerfuffle was all about.
No argument from me mate but I can guarantee it wont be highlighted by the club.
@gallagher : You've raised a very interesting point and so far :100 said:
I wonder why?
Wests Tigers apparently hold Robbie Farah in such High Esteem (and why not as he is one of Our Greatest ever players) they have produced a first ever lapel pin, featuring non other than 'Robbie Farah Legend'.
I personally, would have thought Benji Marshall would have been more entitled to have his 'Legend' status first bestowed on us, in the form of a lapel pin.
Imo he was most responsible for getting Us into and winning the 2005 G.F. and... setting Rugba League on fire around the world for a period of time.
And before I receive a torrent of comments saying Benji has been a divisive character blah blah blah and everything, I agree, he has been, right to the very end of his days with Us.
But then...some of Our Forum members, maybe many...would say Robbie Farah has been a divisive character as well.
But the people in high places that run Our Club have decided Robbie Farah Legend it is, and have sent his smiling face on a lapel pin to lucky financial members.
Then, and only then, via admittedly one of this Forum's Most Respected Administrators....we find out in what I reckon is un-officially official... Robbie Farah will not only be helping in training Our players, which I agree with, but....he will also be carrying out Ambassadorial duties.
If Wests Tigers is so proud of Robbie Farah and so confident Robbie Farah will be a great advertisement for Our Club going forward, why havent they shouted this from the roof of Wests Ashfield or the Tigers Club Homebush to all Our supporters, and then put it down on paper or email in an official Club notification to Members.
Oh darn, sorry....it has been put on paper...the Gloucester Advocate!!! (does anyone know where Gloucester is) on 10th November.
Robbie Farah was not responsible for the original '$600,000 salary cap kerfuffle' but he was the player the kerfuffle centered on, and to me the so far non announcement of his Ambassador role echo's Our Club's original stuff-up.
