Wests Tigers relocate to Perth?

Who wants another club that will have to be funded completely by News Ltd and will steal everyone elses juniors as they will have no junior base what so ever

Perth is one of the next logical solutions , but should be a relocation

If you want to build a new side it HAS to come from either either Central Coast /PNG /NZ/ Ipswich and or Western Corridor
 
Balmain RLFC have several options if the deal with Wests goes belly-up but most are very unpleasant as regards still having an involvement in the NRL.I think Perth & Gosford are probaly no chance but the RLC may come up with some sort of deal if Wests go it alone at Campbelltown.
 
Wests tigers won't go belly up. Western suburbs magpies won't go it alone at Cambo. Balmain are looking like going belly up but they ceased to be relevant to first grade when they merged. The sky is not falling. Benny proves once again he should be kept at 20 paces from anything to do with wests tigers. As you were.
 
Well Wests did start their life at Pratten Park.
Then they moved 10k west to Lidcombe.
Then they moved 40k south west to Campbelltown.

What is another 4000k???
 
PNG tigers has a nice ring to it. Good juniors and plenty of frequent flyer points for the players. Win win.
 
@Juro said:
Well Wests did start their life at Pratten Park.
Then they moved 10k west to Lidcombe.
Then they moved 40k south west to Campbelltown.

What is another 4000k???
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A lot of expense for the fans at Sydney to visit the home games.
 
Sorry to interrupt the Benny-bashing, but he is the second person to make the point that balmain funded the JV for the first few years. I find this really interesting because I always thought Wests Ashfield was a gold mine.

So either Ashfield was struggling at the time, or they weren't behind the JV initially?

Can anybody shed some light onto this?
 
How good would it be though.

Sunday: watch an away game in Sydney
Monday: drive 10.5 hours to Mildura
Tuesday: drive 10.5 hours to Ceduna
Wednesday: drive 12 hours to Norseman
Thursday: drive 7.5 hours to Perth
Friday and Saturday: stretch your legs
Sunday: watch a home game in Perth
Monday: hop back in the car
 
@tigerbalm said:
Wests tigers won't go belly up. Western suburbs magpies won't go it alone at Cambo.
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I hope your proved correct but i wouldn't bet the house on it.Benny is correct on one thing,lots of "what if" and contingincy plans being discussed independently by both side of the JV.
 
its a very unique idea but heres where it gets tricky…..

the questions you have to ask is:

1\. Western reds are already established. Already have a jersey, stadium and fan base. what would happen to our culture?
2\. What players contracted to wests tigers would consider moving to perth?
3\. Who would look after both balmain and campbellton areas?
4\. Are they prepared for a large core part of the fan base leaving?
5\. what about the juniors??? what competiion will they fall under?
6\. why do we have to leave when we have already merged to save both clubs and keep the nrl happy. where someone like cronulla gets to stay put?
7\. why would they leave when were not financial that bad?

sorry to dampen your idea but it would never happen. Sorry my man....
 
Have a better shot at going to Gosford than Perth unless elias gets on the board then it will be headin to perth
 
okay, and i know one. So we're already guarunteed an attendance of 3 if we move to perth winnipeg! Call the NRL!! cash cow incominggg
 
Perth doesn't have the junior nursery to actively support a team. The WARL is a mess, and the under 18's side we've got playing interstate (with a few Eastern-staters last time I checked too) is struggling. We've had a few first graders as of late like Paterson, the Goodwins, Holdsworth (I think), and Curtis Rona, but we'd definitely need a hell of a lot of propping up. They may have been just blowing hot air for the cause, but the WARL newsletter had sounded them out and most sound interested in returning if there ever was a Perth team (though I'd highly doubt Bryson would swap Souths for anything). Basically like others said, Perth needs a home grown team a la Melbourne. We've got the fan base, maybe not the talent pool at this point but that'll come with time. It'd be hard to imagine a move drumming up too much support, but I have seen plenty of Wests jerseys around so you never know…
 
I beleive that if two Sydney teams have merged then that guarantees that team cannot be moved out of Sydney or dissolved.
 
The Wests Group have always met their financial obligation towards the Wests Tigers. Benny is stirring crap.

And Wests Tigers are not looking to move to Perth.

Benny however was heavily involved in trying to get a Perth bid team up.

Coincidence?
 
@galahs said:
The Wests Group have always met their financial obligation towards the Wests Tigers. Benny is stirring crap.
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I had my suspicions about that quote by Elias and was searching on the net and trying to remember any headlines from the early years of the merger that stated the Wests Group missed an obligation.

I thought maybe it was kept on the quiet, but doubt that to be the case. There was the precedent of the St. George-Illawarra merger at the time for one partner taking more seats, but I can't remember it occurring at Wests Tigers.
 
@wtfl1981 said:
I beleive that if two Sydney teams have merged then that guarantees that team cannot be moved out of Sydney or dissolved.
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I remember that as a sweetener when they dangled the Millions in front of the clubs,a guaranteed NRL Franchise, but AFAIK it means nothing now the Commission is running the game,at least thats how the Bears see it.
 
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