Our clubs is profitable for the first time in 10 years

tigahhh said:
if you didn’t care why even comment. profitable clubs make finals
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No they don't.
Clubs that have big financial backers make finals.
Dogs get a big paycheck from Canterbury leagues which they use for coaching and junior scouting. Read somewhere up to 6million.
We scrape by and live on what we earn so Ashfield can borrow money to build a hotel. We need to make a profit as our owners are going for a big loan to build something not for us.
 
kiwitiger said:
No they don't.
Clubs that have big financial backers make finals.
Dogs get a big paycheck from Canterbury leagues which they use for coaching and junior scouting. Read somewhere up to 6million.
We scrape by and live on what we earn so Ashfield can borrow money to build a hotel. We need to make a profit as our owners are going for a big loan to build something not for us.
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yeah of course. we don’t have that backing so we need to create profit ourselves if we want to be a finals club. the dogs have an endless cheque book with laundy to use on their junior academies and so on.
 
tigahhh said:
yeah of course. we don’t have that backing so we need to create profit ourselves if we want to be a finals club. the dogs have an endless cheque book with laundy to use on their junior academies and so on.
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So we don’t get big handouts from our owners …unlike Penrith and Canterbury and others … and we don’t play the salary cap game ( ie cheat like the Roosters and Broncs ) … Is it any wonder that we just make up the numbers year after year? We are in the Newcastle and Gold Coast bucket
 
Tom Shines said:
So we don’t get big handouts from our owners …unlike Penrith and Canterbury and others … and we don’t play the salary cap game ( ie cheat like the Roosters and Broncs ) … Is it any wonder that we just make up the numbers year after year? We are in the Newcastle and Gold Coast bucket
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That is not the problem why we make up the numbers.
We use our salary cap terribly and that is solely the responsibility of the football department which Richo and Benji have taken the responsibility.
 
Vicious said:
That is not the problem why we make up the numbers.
We use our salary cap terribly and that is solely the responsibility of the football department which Richo and Benji have taken the responsibility.
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It puts them behind the 8 ball regardless of how they spend their salary cap … they have to compete with 1 hand tied behind their back..

Also … could you tell your Top 3 moves they should have made already to make them a premiership team since Richo arrived ?

Maybe they could have signed Haas, Walsh and Cleary? Even then would they be the premiership favourites headed into next season ?
 
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Tom Shines said:
It puts them behind the 8 ball regardless of how they spend their salary cap … they have to compete with 1 hand tied behind their back..

Also … could you tell your Top 3 moves they should have made already to make them a premiership team since Richo arrived ?

Maybe they could have signed Haas, Walsh and Cleary? Even then would they be the premiership favourites headed into next season ?
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They had very little choice other than to sign most of the players we currently have on our roster.
But there is now big opportunity to overhaul our playing roster for the better for 2027 and 2028 if they want to.
It comes down to judgement, but the confidence levels of many Wests Tigers fans is dropping fast in regards to our current core playing group leading us to success.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Don’t really care tbh. Doesn’t affect my life. You know what would? Playing finals.
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You're absolutely right. Any true fan and supporter of the club deserves to say that.

However - maybe as a side note - The best thing about the club being profitable, is that it means more independence from HBG. Profits belong to the JV coffers, we don't need to go cap in hand to Garry Glitter and co to operate.
 
pacey said:

Link to Article ​

Wests Tigers’ stunning improvement sees club make first profit in 10-years​

The Wests Tigers jumped off the bottom of the ladder in 2025, but their dramatic improvement has been eclipsed by their performance off the field, making a profit for the first time in 10-years.

The Wests Tigers’ dramatic improvement on the field has been eclipsed by a stunning turnaround off it as the club reports a profit for the first time in more than a decade on the back of surging revenues and soaring crowds.

Sport Confidential can reveal that the Tigers increased their overall revenues this season by $3 million and had a million-dollar jump in sponsorship under chief executive Shane Richardson.

The club’s playing kit also increased by 40 per cent and they reported a significant rise in corporate hospitality as they finally enjoyed some success after years of disappointment.
Throw in an increase in membership and a 45 per cent lift in crowds and the Tigers have started to turn the corner off the field.

The Wests Tigers have improved dramatically on and off the field under CEO Shane Richardson.

Richardson confirmed the club had returned a profit in 2025 after losing $5.5 million in the previous two seasons – their profit margin was even greater when they factored in the club’s share of the spoils from the federal government in the wake of Papua New Guinea’s addition to the competition.

Every club in the game is due to receive $1.75 million from the NRL this year, the first of five payments totalling $4 million over the next four years. The Tigers made huge strides on the field as well as they won nine games and kept the finals flame flickering for much of the year. They eventually finished in 13th spot, which represented a dramatic lift in their fortunes after three successive wooden spoons. “The club is obviously on the way up on and off the field,” Richardson said. “We’re really looking forward to what we can do next year.”
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Now let's turn profit into trophies
💲🏆🙏
 
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