Sell the club to Easts Brisbane, play 3 games a year at redeveloped LO and banish the magpies from even playing in the NSW cup.
This could happen. PVL might see this as an opportunity to get to 20 teams. It would be the ultimate irony.
apparently now it is being reported Richardson had put forward a proposal to change the wests magpies nsw cup team to Wests Tigers.Apparently HBG were not happy with that proposal
Knock on effects of poor governance and petty self interest
https://twitter.com/mrchrisnico/status/1995946668831994103?s=20
Sell the club to Easts Brisbane, play 3 games a year at redeveloped LO and banish the magpies from even playing in the NSW cup.
This could happen. PVL might see this as an opportunity to get to 20 teams. It would be the ultimate irony.
and it would get Qld another team in nrl. The synergy is there east Brisbane tigers had same tiger as balmain
if they played 3 games at LO each year geez they would be big games
just let the teams move in on macarthur region for juniors
HBG end up with nothing
apparently now it is being reported Richardson had put forward a proposal to change the wests magpies nsw cup team to Wests Tigers.Apparently HBG were not happy with that proposal
Which is the way it should be. The Magpies though always stand behind an agreement signed in 1999 that both teams would, wherever possible, continue to maintain a team in the second tier comp.
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apparently now it is being reported Richardson had put forward a proposal to change the wests magpies nsw cup team to Wests Tigers.Apparently HBG were not happy with that proposal
Good on Him
The Magpie brand is dead and associated with failure
apparently now it is being reported Richardson had put forward a proposal to change the wests magpies nsw cup team to Wests Tigers.Apparently HBG were not happy with that proposal
Good on Him
The Magpie brand is dead and associated with failure
dont know if it is dead it is still in nsw cup...
it is associated with failure though
The state’s liquor and gaming watchdog has put the majority owners of Wests Tigers on notice following the latest boardroom dramas engulfing the club.
The Holman Barnes Group, the Tigers’ 90 per cent shareholder, has sacked four independent Wests Tigers directors including chairman Barry O’Farrell, a move that has clouded the future of chief executive Shane Richardson.
The developments have piqued the interest of Liquor & Gaming NSW, the body that sacked the Parramatta Leagues Club board in 2016 for ceasing to become an effective governing body. They were the same directors who had sat on the Parramatta Eels club board when the club was embroiled in a salary cap scandal.
“Liquor & Gaming NSW is not currently investigating any matters involving Western Suburbs Leagues Club or the Holman Barnes Group,” said a spokesperson for Liquor & Gaming NSW.
“However, we are monitoring these latest developments involving the board.
“Registered clubs must operate with the highest standards of integrity in the interests of their members as required under the Registered Clubs Act.”
Only 24 hours earlier, Inner West Council mayor Darcy Byrne, who was pivotal in securing state and federal funding for Leichhardt Oval upgrades, called for Liquor and Gaming NSW to “investigate and intervene” in the club’s administrative issues.
Pointing to the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority’s previous investigation of disharmony and board directors being dismissed, Byrne said: “If this doesn’t demonstrate that there is a problem with governance in that organisation, then nothing will.”
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Former Tigers co-captain Chris Lawrence takes swipe at club over boardroom war
Club legend Chris Lawrence has taken to social media to blast what he calls ulterior motives that have dismantled the Wests Tigers and stalled the club’s potential for more than a decade.
Pamela Whaley
December 3, 2025 - 12:00PM
Former Wests Tigers co-captain Chris Lawrence has taken aim at the ulterior motives, competing agendas and self-driven motivations that have rocked the club in the wake of another boardroom civil war.
Lawrence, a Wests Tigers legend who played 253 games for the club across a 15-year career, has taken to LinkedIn to express his frustrations after chair Barry O’Farrell and three independent board members were dumped by powerful owners Holman Barnes Group, casting the fragile the club back into familiar instability.
The senseless infighting follows the best Wests Tigers season of the past four years, finishing 13th with some quality recruits after three consecutive wooden spoons and 14 years since their last finals appearance.
Lawrence was a part of the 2011 team that made semi-finals under Tim Sheens and says he’s sick of internal politics preventing the club from once again reaching its potential.
“Sad to see the Wests Tigers in the headlines again!” he wrote.
“It’s disappointing to once again see the internal politics at the Wests Tigers playing out so publicly with the news of board members being removed.
“Without knowing the finer details, it’s fair to assume there are faults - and differing perspectives - on both sides. That’s usually the case in situations like this.
“But one issue that’s has sat over the club for a long time is the presence of ulterior motives, competing agendas and self-driven motivations among certain decision-makers or factions. These dynamics have consistently caused disruption at a club that desperately needs: stability, alignment, consistency, and a clear direction.
“The Tigers are an organisation with huge potential - potential that hasn’t been unlocked for many years. But without unity at the top no club can move forward.
“It’s sad to see the club I love back in the headlines for negative reasons when what everyone truly wants is progress and stability.”
Daily Telegraph
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Things are unravelling quickly for HBG. Whether they care is another matter.
Hopefully Ambush events in the future are not undertaken at wests Ashfield
