Will you be attending the Save the Wests Tigers March?

Will you be attending the Save the Wests Tigers rally?

  • Yes, I care about the future of Wests Tigers

    Votes: 35 38.9%

  • No, it's just not possible for me to get there but I would if I could

    Votes: 54 60.0%

  • No, I support Wests Magpies not Wests Tigers

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Total voters
    90
Betterdays22 said:
Might be wrong but not sure they care in the slightest as it will have no material impact on the business. That is the most frustrating thing. It isnt a club for the fans.
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Why because thier core business is middle aged Asian men and elderly Asian women , frittering their life savings to her majesty the queen ? Seems pretty ethical and definitely the right people to run a rugby league club …. Anyways
 
Lestronge said:
Why because thier core business is middle aged Asian men and elderly Asian women , frittering their life savings to her majesty the queen ? Seems pretty ethical and definitely the right people to run a rugby league club …. Anyways
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Yep. They can act however they want. The club is a play thing to them, a midlife crisis
 
In a situation that feels hopeless, it’s great that supporters are trying to do something to address things.

My concern is that HBG don’t care what the fans think, as there is nothing they have done that has indicated that they care what the fans think. The decision to remove the board demonstrates this.

Realistically, what will the rally alone change?

It seems like unless they sell, which seems highly unlikely, they will wait for the emotion to subside and it will be more of the same.

What happens after the rally? Do supporters accept the situation and move on, or are there other avenues to influence HBG to sell?

It would be difficult to accept the situation and keep supporting the Tigers when things feel so hopeless… Life is short, it’s hard to justify investing the limited time available supporting a club run by people I don’t believe in… Surely there are others that feel this way.
 
Put It Away Denny said:
In a situation that feels hopeless, it’s great that supporters are trying to do something to address things.

My concern is that HBG don’t care what the fans think, as there is nothing they have done that has indicated that they care what the fans think. The decision to remove the board demonstrates this.

Realistically, what will the rally alone change?

It seems like unless they sell, which seems highly unlikely, they will wait for the emotion to subside and it will be more of the same.

What happens after the rally? Do supporters accept the situation and move on, or are there other avenues to influence HBG to sell?

It would be difficult to accept the situation and keep supporting the Tigers when things feel so hopeless… Life is short, it’s hard to justify investing the limited time available supporting a club run by people I don’t believe in… Surely there are others that feel this way.
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Keep your chin up, we are coming for them.
 
Put It Away Denny said:
In a situation that feels hopeless, it’s great that supporters are trying to do something to address things.

My concern is that HBG don’t care what the fans think, as there is nothing they have done that has indicated that they care what the fans think. The decision to remove the board demonstrates this.

Realistically, what will the rally alone change?

It seems like unless they sell, which seems highly unlikely, they will wait for the emotion to subside and it will be more of the same.

What happens after the rally? Do supporters accept the situation and move on, or are there other avenues to influence HBG to sell?

It would be difficult to accept the situation and keep supporting the Tigers when things feel so hopeless… Life is short, it’s hard to justify investing the limited time available supporting a club run by people I don’t believe in… Surely there are others that feel this way.
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We keep the pressure on. As it stands today they are facing possible NRL action, they are receiving letters from lawyers, journalists are exposing their questionable morals and everyone knows they are historically bad at running the club. How much do they really want to own an asset that’s so problematic and not their core business.
 
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Lestronge said:
Why because thier core business is middle aged Asian men and elderly Asian women , frittering their life savings to her majesty the queen ? Seems pretty ethical and definitely the right people to run a rugby league club …. Anyways
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All their profit comes from huff and puff or dragon train lol
 
BAGNF05 said:

THE RETURN OF THE RABBITOHS — A STORY OF DEFIANCE AND UNITY​

For fifteen long years before their expulsion from the NRL in 1999, the South Sydney Rabbitohs lived in a wilderness of disappointment. Once giants of the code, the proud red-and-green club spent much of the 1980s and 1990s battling poor on-field results, financial hardship, and administrative instability.

After their last premiership in 1971, the club saw only flashes of success. By the mid-80s they experienced a short revival—including a minor premiership in 1989—but the seasons that followed were brutal. From 1990 to 1999, South Sydney often found themselves in the lower rungs of the ladder, finishing last twice and rarely threatening the finals. The super league war brought further turmoil, and by century’s end, the Rabbitohs—one of the foundation clubs—were cast out of the competition entirely.

THE MARCHES THAT SHOOK A CITY​

But South Sydney’s story was never going to end quietly.
What followed remains one of the most powerful fan-led movements in Australian sporting history.

In July 2000, approximately 40,000 supporters poured into the streets of Sydney for the famous March of the Red and Green. Later that year, another massive rally—widely reported at more than 80,000 people—surrounded the city in red and green as fans, families, celebrities, politicians, and former players stood together demanding reinstatement.

They marched not just for a football club, but for identity, community, and history.

And incredibly—the NRL listened.
South Sydney were readmitted for the 2002 season.

A NEW ERA AND THE RISE UNDER SHANE RICHARDSON​

With their return came a new chapter, led by CEO Shane Richardson, who helped rebuild the club from a struggling battler into a premiership powerhouse. His leadership, long-term planning, and strategic recruitment laid the foundation for a decade of growth.

That work culminated in South Sydney’s historic 2014 Premiership, ending a 43-year drought and completing one of the greatest resurrection stories in rugby league.

AND NOW, A PARALLEL — THE WESTS TIGERS FAITHFUL​

Fast-forward to this month, where Wests Tigers supporters have begun gathering for a rally of their own. The club’s fans, worn down by 15 years of hardship, know this feeling all too well:

  • Wooden spoons and multiple bottom-four finishes
  • Coaching instability—a revolving door of head coaches and structures
  • Boardroom tensions and public disputes
  • Star players walking away or being released early
  • False dawns that never materialised
  • And the constant sting of watching rivals succeed while the club drifts further from finals contention
Yet through all of this, the Tigers fanbase has endured. They’ve stuck by the team, the colours, the dream of better days—just as the Rabbitohs community did through the 80s, the 90s, the battles in court, and the marches in the streets.

A FINAL PLEA — UNITED, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE​

South Sydney showed the nation what a united supporter base can achieve.
They brought back a club from extinction.
They fought until they won.
And then, they won a premiership.

Wests Tigers fans now stand at a crossroads. Your club needs you—not divided, not broken, but united.

March together.
Speak together.
Believe together.

As the Rabbitohs proved, a club with united supporters is never truly beaten.
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But the key phrase is that “the NRL listened “ to South’s protest. Plus the fact the March was held right in the centre of Sydney.
Hit the NRL hard on their territory, or somewhere high profile and relevant, not at an unused suburban footy ground.
 
Why wouldn’t we all picket their club entrance. Makes for better media as we have a scuffle with their security, we laugh as a chronic gambler comes out with a piss stain in their pants…

AND!

It hurts their pocket as people turn away from entering the club.

Or we could go to a grade cricket game…
 
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