I’ve just spoken at length with Brent Read who showed great interest in what we are attempting to achieve. He is going to mention us but I’m not sure if he meant in his weekend article or on 360 but we are going to get some exposure which is good.
He was impressed with the number of signatures but agreed we need heaps more to be effective
I’ve just spoken at length with Brent Read who showed great interest in what we are attempting to achieve. He is going to mention us but I’m not sure if he meant in his Sunday article or on 360 but we are going to get some exposure which is good.
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis walked out of Friday’s fundraising luncheon for Daniel Anderson after Alan Jones called for the removal of the club’s board.
Jones, the Balmain coach between 1991 and 1993, was interviewed on stage by Fox League host Yvonne O’Keefe and asked about his views on the club’s current predicament.
The former radio broadcaster called for the removal of the Wests Tigers board in front of a crowd of 400, which included representatives from all 17 clubs who had bought a table to support Anderson after he became a quadriplegic following a body-surfing injury last year.
Sources at the Unite for Daniel Long Lunch function in the Queen Elizabeth II Grandstand Ballroom of Royal Randwick Racecourse said Hagipanetelis left an hour early.
Hagipantelis was sitting with coach Tim Sheens and fellow Wests Tigers directors when Jones criticised the club’s powerbrokers. The club is bottom of the NRL ladder after a 74-0 loss to the Cowboys last weekend. It was compounded by a defeat to Cronulla on Thursday.
Hagipantelis confirmed Jones criticised the club but would not comment about the comments about him and his directors.
The Tigers are understood to have spent close to $10,000 to support Anderson and attend the luncheon.
This masthead has approached Jones for comment. He was spotted at several rugby league games this year, sitting alongside Canberra coach Ricky Stuart and former Tigers coach Michael Maguire.
Stuart brought Jones into Canberra’s inner sanctum, at the request of his old coach, for the win that opened Magic Round at Suncorp Stadium in May.
Stuart’s relationship with Jones goes back 38 years, when Stuart attended an under-21s rugby union camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra following his stint with the Australian Schoolboys team.
Stuart says he owes his life to Jones. In 1998, Stuart had collapsed on three occasions, including once at training. At the time, the doctors didn’t think it was serious.
Then Stuart’s friend Don Furner, who is now Raiders chief executive, visited him and called Fordham for help. His next phone call was to Jones.
“Turns out I had encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain,” Stuart said.
“If it wasn’t for Alan. Honestly. He organised for Kerry Packer to supply his private jet and get it to Canberra immediately to fly me to St Vincent’s Hospital. I was gone. I was very ill. If I didn’t get to St Vincent’s, I don’t know what the outcome would have been.
“Donny saw the situation and how ill I was. I went to Canberra hospital three times and got sent home three times. My body was failing.”
@tigerlily this is a perfect example of what’s wrong. If you’re going to tell people to “keep the faith” at least have a thick enough skin to cop some criticism
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis walked out of Friday’s fundraising luncheon for Daniel Anderson after Alan Jones called for the removal of the club’s board.
Jones, the Balmain coach between 1991 and 1993, was interviewed on stage by Fox League host Yvonne O’Keefe and asked about his views on the club’s current predicament.
The former radio broadcaster called for the removal of the Wests Tigers board in front of a crowd of 400, which included representatives from all 17 clubs who had bought a table to support Anderson after he became a quadriplegic following a body-surfing injury last year.
Sources at the Unite for Daniel Long Lunch function in the Queen Elizabeth II Grandstand Ballroom of Royal Randwick Racecourse said Hagipanetelis left an hour early.
Hagipantelis was sitting with coach Tim Sheens and fellow Wests Tigers directors when Jones criticised the club’s powerbrokers. The club is bottom of the NRL ladder after a 74-0 loss to the Cowboys last weekend. It was compounded by a defeat to Cronulla on Thursday.
Hagipantelis confirmed Jones criticised the club but would not comment about the comments about him and his directors.
The Tigers are understood to have spent close to $10,000 to support Anderson and attend the luncheon.
This masthead has approached Jones for comment. He was spotted at several rugby league games this year, sitting alongside Canberra coach Ricky Stuart and former Tigers coach Michael Maguire.
Stuart brought Jones into Canberra’s inner sanctum, at the request of his old coach, for the win that opened Magic Round at Suncorp Stadium in May.
Stuart’s relationship with Jones goes back 38 years, when Stuart attended an under-21s rugby union camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra following his stint with the Australian Schoolboys team.
Stuart says he owes his life to Jones. In 1998, Stuart had collapsed on three occasions, including once at training. At the time, the doctors didn’t think it was serious.
Then Stuart’s friend Don Furner, who is now Raiders chief executive, visited him and called Fordham for help. His next phone call was to Jones.
“Turns out I had encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain,” Stuart said.
“If it wasn’t for Alan. Honestly. He organised for Kerry Packer to supply his private jet and get it to Canberra immediately to fly me to St Vincent’s Hospital. I was gone. I was very ill. If I didn’t get to St Vincent’s, I don’t know what the outcome would have been.
“Donny saw the situation and how ill I was. I went to Canberra hospital three times and got sent home three times. My body was failing.”
Thinking constructively about who could lead the club forward.
chairman: I think Wayne Pearce is the perfect guy to be chairman. He has spent a long time on the Commission at the NRL and is widely respected. Whilst he was a Balmain legend he was the JVs first coach and surely beyond reproach in terms of his ability to represent the whole club. He’s not an executive but that’s fine because the chairman shouldn’t be trying to run the club day to day. He’s calm and statesmanlike.
CEO: not sure on this one. Having a CEO without rugby league experience is obviously an issue. Simon Cook seems to have some respect given the strength of Wests Ashfield as a company but personally I want someone who knows more about rugby league. Shane Richardson obviously has huge experience but maybe a bit old/ looking more for a role on a board. Robbie Farah has the juice and passion for tigers but he has little experience and it’s somewhat of a conflict of interest for the head coach to be best mates with the CEO.
Wests Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis walked out of Friday’s fundraising luncheon for Daniel Anderson after Alan Jones called for the removal of the club’s board.
Jones, the Balmain coach between 1991 and 1993, was interviewed on stage by Fox League host Yvonne O’Keefe and asked about his views on the club’s current predicament.
The former radio broadcaster called for the removal of the Wests Tigers board in front of a crowd of 400, which included representatives from all 17 clubs who had bought a table to support Anderson after he became a quadriplegic following a body-surfing injury last year.
Sources at the Unite for Daniel Long Lunch function in the Queen Elizabeth II Grandstand Ballroom of Royal Randwick Racecourse said Hagipanetelis left an hour early.
Hagipantelis was sitting with coach Tim Sheens and fellow Wests Tigers directors when Jones criticised the club’s powerbrokers. The club is bottom of the NRL ladder after a 74-0 loss to the Cowboys last weekend. It was compounded by a defeat to Cronulla on Thursday.
Hagipantelis confirmed Jones criticised the club but would not comment about the comments about him and his directors.
The Tigers are understood to have spent close to $10,000 to support Anderson and attend the luncheon.
This masthead has approached Jones for comment. He was spotted at several rugby league games this year, sitting alongside Canberra coach Ricky Stuart and former Tigers coach Michael Maguire.
Stuart brought Jones into Canberra’s inner sanctum, at the request of his old coach, for the win that opened Magic Round at Suncorp Stadium in May.
Stuart’s relationship with Jones goes back 38 years, when Stuart attended an under-21s rugby union camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra following his stint with the Australian Schoolboys team.
Stuart says he owes his life to Jones. In 1998, Stuart had collapsed on three occasions, including once at training. At the time, the doctors didn’t think it was serious.
Then Stuart’s friend Don Furner, who is now Raiders chief executive, visited him and called Fordham for help. His next phone call was to Jones.
“Turns out I had encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain,” Stuart said.
“If it wasn’t for Alan. Honestly. He organised for Kerry Packer to supply his private jet and get it to Canberra immediately to fly me to St Vincent’s Hospital. I was gone. I was very ill. If I didn’t get to St Vincent’s, I don’t know what the outcome would have been.
“Donny saw the situation and how ill I was. I went to Canberra hospital three times and got sent home three times. My body was failing.”
I am so upset with this club that it hurts but I must say: what a classless exchange between Jones and the interviewer at an event for Daniel Anderson after his horrific accident.
When asked about Talau's contract status after the game, Sheens' answer said it all.
"No I know nothing about what is going on there at the moment," Sheens said.
"There has been talk, but there has been nothing said to me anyway."
Fulton's appointment in May raised eyebrows due to the fact that he replaced Warren McDonnell in the role, despite McDonnell being a prerequisite for Sheens accepting the job as the Tigers' director of rugby league in 2021.
When asked about Talau's contract status after the game, Sheens' answer said it all.
"No I know nothing about what is going on there at the moment," Sheens said.
"There has been talk, but there has been nothing said to me anyway."
Fulton's appointment in May raised eyebrows due to the fact that he replaced Warren McDonnell in the role, despite McDonnell being a prerequisite for Sheens accepting the job as the Tigers' director of rugby league in 2021.
Regardless of what is going on behind the scenes. Sheens should have answered this a bit more professionally.
When asked about Talau's contract status after the game, Sheens' answer said it all.
"No I know nothing about what is going on there at the moment," Sheens said.
"There has been talk, but there has been nothing said to me anyway."
Fulton's appointment in May raised eyebrows due to the fact that he replaced Warren McDonnell in the role, despite McDonnell being a prerequisite for Sheens accepting the job as the Tigers' director of rugby league in 2021.
Regardless of what is going on behind the scenes. Sheens should have answered this a bit more professionally.
