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Entire Wests Tigers Board Sacked

blue bags

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The Old Balmain Tigers League's club building is just about all demolished.
Give it another week or two
It will be a cleared plot of land
A very expensive plot of land
Ready for major redevelopment
220 unit's. New leagues club
Multiple buildings. Up to 16 level's high
Big shopping centre
Huge retail areas
Remember the old days of visiting the league's club 😊
 

RedVee

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The Old Balmain Tigers League's club building is just about all demolished.
Give it another week or two
It will be a cleared plot of land
A very expensive plot of land
Ready for major redevelopment
220 unit's. New leagues club
Multiple buildings. Up to 16 level's high
Big shopping centre
Huge retail areas
Remember the old days of visiting the league's club 😊
I saw Los Lobos there, and a few other bands. The Party Boys (pretty sure) with Shirley Strahan singing, and Sherbet of all people another time.
 

Wb1234

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The Wests Tigers’ ownership dramas have escalated after the three directors at the centre of an ugly boardroom stoush warned they were lawyered up and ready to launch legal action to protect their reputations.

Rick Wayde, Tony Andreacchio and David Gilbert have been banned from any premises under the control of the Holman Barnes Group - the majority owner of the Tigers - pending an investigation into their conduct.

The trio plan to defend themselves against the allegations, which Wayde described as trivial.

“They may as well have said they didn’t like our deodorant,” Wayde told this masthead.

It is understood that among the allegations - some of which are more than a year old - are claims that:

Andreacchio referred to the wife of a fellow director as “darl”, which it is understood he vehemently denies;
Gilbert and Wayde put pressure on a fellow director to back Andreacchio, which again they deny; and
Wayde informed a fellow director he was in the wrong corporate box and failed to sit with his fellow directors at a number of events.
Wayde described the allegations as ridiculous, insisting he wasn’t even at one of the events where he was alleged to have snubbed his fellow directors.

He also refuted claims he and Gilbert had put pressure on a fellow director and revealed the trio were ready to take legal action over the allegations unless the investigation was dropped by Monday.

“I like to think my reputation was spotless in rugby league over the years,” Wayde said.

“So I don’t appreciate my reputation being impugned. So when we get through this … we will be seeking some kind of reparation for the damage that this is causing.

“As I said, they have impugned our reputation and I am not going to cop that. I am very proud of our record and I will stand by my record any day of the week.

“We don’t need this distraction but we’re mentioning it because the public need to know how trivial it is to try to keep us out of the game.”

As for the allegations of putting pressure on fellow director Vince Tropiano, Wayde said: “We asked him the question of whether he was still voting for Tony as chair, which seemed like a reasonable question.

“Then he has accused us of taking him into a back room and pressuring him.

“I don’t know where the back room was. It was at Walsh Bay, a very open cocktail party, one room event in full view of everybody.

“Is it unreasonable to ask whether he was still voting for Tony?

“I am accused at one of the games in Campbelltown of telling (a director) they were in the wrong box when they started (eating) the food that was available there.

“I knew that because I was in the wrong box … but I had been invited to say hello to some of the Wests Tigers people by Danny Stapleton.”

Wayde was flabbergasted at claims he had failed to sit with fellow directors.

“There are seven events - I am not sure what the list is for the other two guys - where we are accused of not sitting with the guys and wives at various events,” Wayde said.

“Out of my list of events, there were two (events) I was running … where I didn’t sit with anybody. There is another one I didn’t even attend.

“So I don’t know how I couldn’t sit with them if I wasn’t there.”

The drama at the Holman Barnes Group comes as they prepare for new board elections early in the new year.

The Group is the majority owner of the Tigers and has ultimate say over how the club is run, although they no longer dominate the football club’s board as they did previously.

The club underwent governance review late last year that led to former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell being appointed as an independent chair.

However, the changes remain at the mercy of the Holman Barnes Group. This masthead has reached out to Holman Barnes Group chair Julie Romero for comment.

In a statement on their website, released earlier this week, the Holman Barnes Group said the investigation was in the hands of an independent party and would not impact the football club.
 

Iamback

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or it just gets printed

you can say you want about the tigers, but they get clicks, probably more then any other team

Or other teams keep it inside the club.

I mean it doesn't matter who is unfit now, It matters come round 1.

It is either managers fear the wanting to clear some roster spots - leaking it

Or the club thinks it makes it some ruthless leaks it.

The problem with manager leaks is the same managers have players at other clubs.

Who very likely came off surgery so was fat or any number of reasons outside of being lazy yet punishments are kept in house.
 

Vic Mackey

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Or other teams keep it inside the club.

I mean it doesn't matter who is unfit now, It matters come round 1.

It is either managers fear the wanting to clear some roster spots - leaking it

Or the club thinks it makes it some ruthless leaks it.

The problem with manager leaks is the same managers have players at other clubs.

Who very likely came off surgery so was fat or any number of reasons outside of being lazy yet punishments are kept in house.

At the end of the day, if it was say manly it wouldn’t even get printed. And if it did it wouldn’t get posted in here. And if it did you wouldn’t comment on it
 

yobbo84

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Or other teams keep it inside the club.

I mean it doesn't matter who is unfit now, It matters come round 1.

It is either managers fear the wanting to clear some roster spots - leaking it

Or the club thinks it makes it some ruthless leaks it.

The problem with manager leaks is the same managers have players at other clubs.

Who very likely came off surgery so was fat or any number of reasons outside of being lazy yet punishments are kept in house.

Richo will agitate the hell out of the people he wants out of the club until they move on. He is no moron, I've got no doubt the story is leaked deliberately for whatever reason.

The guys ego is only rivalled by Gus but he gets shit done.
 

Nutz

First Grade
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Richo will agitate the hell out of the people he wants out of the club until they move on. He is no moron, I've got no doubt the story is leaked deliberately for whatever reason.

The guys ego is only rivalled by Gus but he gets shit done.
He's not the type of bloke you would push around.....literally. Have you seen his size 4 carton stubby waste line?
Shrewd operator.
 

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