HBG, Independent Directors Sacked

Oct 11 2025 - https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...t/news-story/a77e565b07de2e2248125453eac048a6

A member of the beleaguered owners of the Wests Tigers has hit out at colleagues in a fiery email, accusing one of the Holman Barnes Group debenture holders of leaking information about the eight-year suspension of a board member.

This masthead has obtained an email from Clare Burgess to her fellow debenture holders, sent in the wake of this masthead revealing that former Holman Barnes Group chair Julie Romero had become the fourth person to be suspended by the board.

Burgess – whose husband Dennis is the current chair of Holman Barnes – said she could not “express my disgust” to the person who leaked news of Romero’s departure.

“For whatever sick and feeble gain they might seek to find from doing it, just shows what a pathetic person you must be,” Burgess wrote to her fellow debenture holders on Wednesday night.

Four new debenture holders were appointed recently, including ex-Magpies Allan Fallah, Leo Epifania and Magpies board member Bob Cairns. APIA Leichhardt president Tony Raciti was also appointed.

Rick Yabsley and Frank Primerano were appointed to the Holman Barnes board in May as non-debenture holders.

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diedpretty said:
well not quite - there is a little bit more - inflated payments to his and his sons business, employment of other family members
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Jesus.. a smart person would only need to spend 5 minutes amongst the backstabbing, conniving , sneaky, two faced , disingenuous snakes cosplaying as HBG directors to know that you need someone to watch your back.. So Richo sent some legit work to family members and people he could trust to do the work properly.. that he cleared with the board and got the approvals for ,, and somehow its “inflated” … Jesus H Christ it was digital and online work and apparently Richos son worked for GOOGLE whereas Burgess tech expertise extends to managing multiple subscriptions… seriously you dont think the timing at all suspicious and have no suspicions at all that the “anonymous”complaint could not be somewhat spurious ??? Something tells me that Richo would have done quite well for himself financially in life, based on the positions he has held and the way he conducts himself and his affairs and my humble opinion, in fact my strong suspicion is that a shrewd man , a proud , honest, and hard working successful man like Shane Richardson would not need to and would not even consider trying to grift an extra few thousand $ by inflating a few payments to his talented and successful sons business…in the process risking his reputation and legacy! .. WAKE UP , FFS the rats at HBG are so low and imbecilic and vile that they are going to try to slander and smear this man? It is reprehensible, its disgusting and embarrasses me for the club and all of its supporters that sadly a group like that control it.. i just hope that Richo knows how strongly behind him the majority of true Wests Tigers supporters are..
 
TigerNeddyK said:
Jesus.. a smart person would only need to spend 5 minutes amongst the backstabbing, conniving , sneaky, two faced , disingenuous snakes cosplaying as HBG directors to know that you need someone to watch your back.. So Richo sent some legit work to family members and people he could trust to do the work properly.. that he cleared with the board and got the approvals for ,, and somehow its “inflated” … Jesus H Christ it was digital and online work and apparently Richos son worked for GOOGLE whereas Burgess tech expertise extends to managing multiple subscriptions… seriously you dont think the timing at all suspicious and have no suspicions at all that the “anonymous”complaint could not be somewhat spurious ??? Something tells me that Richo would have done quite well for himself financially in life, based on the positions he has held and the way he conducts himself and his affairs and my humble opinion, in fact my strong suspicion is that a shrewd man , a proud , honest, and hard working successful man like Shane Richardson would not need to and would not even consider trying to grift an extra few thousand $ by inflating a few payments to his talented and successful sons business…in the process risking his reputation and legacy! .. WAKE UP , FFS the rats at HBG are so low and imbecilic and vile that they are going to try to slander and smear this man? It is reprehensible, its disgusting and embarrasses me for the club and all of its supporters that sadly a group like that control it.. i just hope that Richo knows how strongly behind him the majority of true Wests Tigers supporters are..
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Maybe my favourite ever WTF post 👏
 
crazycat said:
I still remember the Pre-Pascoe era.

Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall loaned the club money.
I mean it got that bad.

Yea fair point, maybe Pascoe and co were crap all round. I just know things were getting better and then this BS
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Yeah and i heard Robbie was providing meals from his restaurant because Pascoe was homeless - thats why he always looked so dishevelled.
 
Merlot said:
blows my mind how this day and age a debenture system is allowed to exist.
Don't quote me but from memory ,the debenture system was the norm back in the day when a few business men from the local district built a fancy tin shed and called it a club.
Once they got their return back and then some ,they turned it over to a general member vote /as a part of charging membership in the 1st place.
Think that was what was explained to me many many moons ago
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It blows my mind too but Liquor and Gaming have said it is totally legal - take it up with them
 
TigerNeddyK said:
Jesus.. a smart person would only need to spend 5 minutes amongst the backstabbing, conniving , sneaky, two faced , disingenuous snakes cosplaying as HBG directors to know that you need someone to watch your back.. So Richo sent some legit work to family members and people he could trust to do the work properly.. that he cleared with the board and got the approvals for ,, and somehow its “inflated” … Jesus H Christ it was digital and online work and apparently Richos son worked for GOOGLE whereas Burgess tech expertise extends to managing multiple subscriptions… seriously you dont think the timing at all suspicious and have no suspicions at all that the “anonymous”complaint could not be somewhat spurious ??? Something tells me that Richo would have done quite well for himself financially in life, based on the positions he has held and the way he conducts himself and his affairs and my humble opinion, in fact my strong suspicion is that a shrewd man , a proud , honest, and hard working successful man like Shane Richardson would not need to and would not even consider trying to grift an extra few thousand $ by inflating a few payments to his talented and successful sons business…in the process risking his reputation and legacy! .. WAKE UP , FFS the rats at HBG are so low and imbecilic and vile that they are going to try to slander and smear this man? It is reprehensible, its disgusting and embarrasses me for the club and all of its supporters that sadly a group like that control it.. i just hope that Richo knows how strongly behind him the majority of true Wests Tigers supporters are..
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They've done a great job with the socials and deserve the money. If that's Richos son then so be it.
 
Lestronge said:
I’m just anti magpies and ….. anti Balmain ! It’s the reason our club is shit . It’s the reason there’s at the moment 4 investigations from various parties around our club, and honestly if people arnt here for wests tigers I’m gonna try and drive them out of the forum . This is a wests tigers forum .
If you want to talk wests tigers , I’m here for it . I’m happy to even start afresh if I’ve misjudged you. If that’s true that’s my bad . I apologise. Sincerely !
But I’m not happy to read Pro magpies or Balmain propaganda anymore. It should be viewed like nazism in this forum . So toxic that it’s one of the few things that are banned from talking about . Do you understand my point ? Do you get divisive this subject is , and how alienating it is for people who have NFI what the problem is ? I’m not trying to shit on your past or anyone else’s , for me that’s collateral damage for 1 united club.
It’s either get on board or we boot you off at the next stop. There’s no exceptions. We’ve been doing that for 25 years and we are the worst sports team in Australia … for any sport ! I’d honestly take the Newcastle jets hierarchy over ours . We are a joke. And it hurts my soul to admit it . And it’s because of bullshit from 25 years ago. And nothing else . So if you’re happy to drop the wests magpies stuff , I’m happy to admit fault and since been unreasonable . If not then we will go back to the way it’s been for a long time now. Which is toxic for everyone including myself and yourself . I love the wests tigers mate . I wouldn’t be on a wests tigers forum if I didn’t . There is no other love re. Sports clubs for me. And in 2025 there really shouldn’t be for any other so called wests tigers supporters. I couldn’t be any clearer .
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you are a liar - you said you would only follow wests tigers while there was still a tie to balmain and that you would walk if that didn't continue. So don't sit on your high horse and abuse anyone who even mentions magpies. You are a [This word has been automatically removed]ing hypocrite.
 
diedpretty said:
you are a liar - you said you would only follow wests tigers while there was still a tie to balmain and that you would walk if that didn't continue. So don't sit on your high horse and abuse anyone who even mentions magpies. You are a [This word has been automatically removed]ing hypocrite.
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Ha ha ha .. did Ashfield Leagues club call last drinks about 30 mins ago when you logged on? 🤣😂🤣 calm down please sir…. we are all here to suppoirt the Wests TIgers toghether or am i mistaken?
 
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