NopeLet me preface this by saying that no one bags the club more than me. However the wests thing is the biggest myth in rugby league. Even with the Greater MacArthur area the numbers are still nowhere near a Penrith or Parra, they were published a couple of years back and they were smaller than the Sutherland Shire League.
Once the wests comp reaches u15s they have to join with Canterbury just to make a comp. Penrith for instance have 4 divisions in u15s. How the hell can you compare to that?!?
You do know that the COE was built and paid for by the Canada Bay Council? We couldnt pick and choose where it was put. No club has $75m to spend on a training centre.
FWIW I have no issue with the club choosing to base itself in Campbelltown, however the council also have to play their part. The council charges the club more to play at the ground more then any other ground in the game. They need to sell approx 15,000 tickets to break even in a ground that only holds about 20k. If they proposed a COE I have zero doubt the club would have moved there.
The 'letting good players go' is also now a bit of a myth, we havent let a single player go since 2017 who would have improved the team.
most of the money (64 million) came from the state govt.
West Tigers Centre of Excellence Opens
The Wests Tigers world-class centre of excellence, which boasts high-performance training, administration and community facilities has officially opened at Concord Oval and Community Sport Precinct.
www.sport.nsw.gov.au
it’s the tigers who want to be based at concord
Also noticed this
Funding approved for Campbelltown Centre of Excellence
Funding has been approved for construction of a new state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
www.weststigers.com.au