I've read so much comment about Wests bailing out Tigers and as I understand when the JV took place was it 2000 ? Forgive me as I lived overseas from 1990 - 2005 (picked a good year to come home ) .
Why did Balmain go broke ? I remember the Leagues Club on Victoria Rd it always seemed a bit small compared to Penrith ,Parra , Dogs etc and seemed an almost impossible location to make bigger . I also think the demographics changed a lot in this period in the area with the latte sippers moving in and real estate going into the millions from Balmain to Ryde .
From what I could follow at the time Balmain had a mid table side but Wests were dead last
Would like someone to give me a bit of history on all this ?
Why did Balmain go broke ? I remember the Leagues Club on Victoria Rd it always seemed a bit small compared to Penrith ,Parra , Dogs etc and seemed an almost impossible location to make bigger . I also think the demographics changed a lot in this period in the area with the latte sippers moving in and real estate going into the millions from Balmain to Ryde .
From what I could follow at the time Balmain had a mid table side but Wests were dead last
Would like someone to give me a bit of history on all this ?