An External Review of the Governance of Holman Barnes Group
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#803
I'm a West Tigers fan and sick of the old divide.. let's come together and see success on the field. The old clubs are gone there are now fans that have never heard of Balmain and Western suburbs and its about time this crap comes to an end.Adam Gibbons (Oberon, 2024-12-31)
#804
We need transparency in governance and a constitution review.Glenn Anthoney (Summerland Point, 2024-12-31)
#805
I love wests tigersDavid Moore (Gateshead, 2024-12-31)
#806
As a West Tigers fan I believe the root of the clubs problems to be due to lack of governance and incompetence at the board level.Prem Radhakrishnan (Kembla Grange, 2024-12-31)
#812
I’m yet to see the Wests Tigers be successful both on and off the field. It’s getting very boring reading negative stories in the media. We need everyone to be on the same page.Olivia Monardo (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#813
The tigers have been a messy club my whole life. I’m sick of it, it’s meant to be one club but it’s always felt like two clubs who share a team. It’s time to change.Cameron Karlov (Canberra, 2024-12-31)
#814
We need a change for a better futureJoe Frazer (Gold Coast, 2024-12-31)
#815
I’m signing this petition not as a west tigers fan. Because I’m not, but as Rugby League fan.Who is tired of seeing both these great clubs and its fans and players go through this mess year after year. It affects the whole organisation, the results of that transition to the footy side. The club has lost great players and coaches as a result of it for too long now. More importantly it’s losing fans so Something has to change. So as a proud panther fan and as said NRL fan, I stand side by side with the west tigers fans in getting their club back to where it belongs. Just concentrating on playing football and trying to win games, come on enough is enough.
Dave Humphries (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#817
I'm sick of the board pulling in different directions, we need a united board not these factions pushing their own agenda.Michael Yule (Caringbah, 2024-12-31)
#818
Have been a Tigers supporter for almost 60 years...we finally get a team that we believe can get us off the bottom and give us hope for a promising future...embarrassed over the childish antics of the current board who are doing their best to derail the club...pull your heads in and work together...if you don't want to...put people in that do want to...disgusting behaviour.Steve Soper (Albion Park, 2024-12-31)
#821
I feel they are trying to destroy the west tigers that people know and live for their own gain.Janine Fry (Spring Farm, 2024-12-31)
#822
I want a review of the West tigersAnthony Di Maio (NSW, 2024-12-31)
#823
I have only ever known the wests tigers it would be a tragedy if they disbanded and it would leave me with no team to put all my love and support towardsLyam Hunter (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#825
Im sick of the clown showKeith Davies (Coombabah, 2024-12-31)
#826
The Club is on the verge of something special and the directors are ******* it up with constant infighting, ego plays and self-sabotage for personal gratification - stop it and let the Club succeed. Get on board or get out of the way!!! Wests Tigers is not the personal fiefdom of the HBG directorsScott Todd (Lake Cathie, 2024-12-31)
#829
I’m a Diehard wests tigers fan from day 1I live and breath every things tigers I have never missed a game thru our highs and lows we have turned a page in the right direction since benji took over going into 2025 there is a real buzz around the boys
With our new squad we are building the right culture especially with Richo making things happen for us up top
We cannot be split apart were the wests tigers not Balmain or western suburbs individually I love the magpies and support them in the cup but there our feeder team
We must stay together as one entity!!
Up up wests tigers 🤍🖤🧡
Jazz Metters (Melbourne, 2024-12-31)
#831
The infighting at board level at the Wests Tigers has to stop. The old dinasaurs on the board need to move on from the Magpies and Tigere and accept that Wests Tigers is the ongoing NRL entity.The board controlling Wests Tigers should be independent of HBG. It's so frustrating because we are finally turning things around at the football club. We all need to be united under Wests Tigers to create continued success for the decades to come.
James Knighy (Oran Park, 2024-12-31)
#832
I love the Wests Tigers and want the people running club at the highest level to want what is best for the club, not just themselvesBrett Thurling (Glenmore Park, 2024-12-31)
#836
I am sick of the continuing, childish behaviour of the HBG. It's been 25 years for crying out loud. Most of our supporters weren't even born pre-JV. Get over it - Magpies and Tigers do NOT have an NRL team - we are the WESTS TIGERS - one team - one goal.Chris Duncan (Brisbane, 2024-12-31)
#839
I’m a Wests Tigers. Have never and will never be anything else but one.If Wests Tigers don’t exist I’m no longer a fan of League.
Stop hurting my club with this circus shit.
Jarrad Hunt (Tamworth, 2024-12-31)
#840
I’m signing because I’m sick to death of thinking things are improving within the Wests Tigers club, only to regularly see in the press, people within the club doing their best to destroy it 🙈Steve Lynch (Cowra, 2024-12-31)
#841
I’m a wests tigers member and want to see stability at the club not negative headlines.Darren Burns (Mackay, 2024-12-31)
#842
Tigers need to stop all the in fighting and run the club properly.Steve Johnson (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#844
I am a life long tigers fan who is sick and tired of our governance and politics garnering headlines rather than our footballing success. If the current directors of the football club can’t agree that their actions are hurting the team, then I am unsure how they ever came to be in leadership positions in the first place.Harry Hoy (Coogee, 2024-12-31)
#847
I'm signing this petition because I have been a Tigers supporter for 42 years and I'm saddened and frustrated about what has been going on at the club... It's got to change and that starts at the boardroom... Let's get it sorted and get back to playing footy....good luck...cheersRichard Downs (Whanganui, 2024-12-31)
#848
Of the hurt to Wests Tiger's club brought about the people,who are supposed to be acting in the best interest of Two former founding clubs who merged to ensure their continual survival in the NRL . Iñstead they are pulling it apart. Stop thinking as two entities, but as one mighty club , for the teams ,members and fans. Without them you would be nothing.Matthew Jones (Perth, 2024-12-31)
#852
We need a changeJames Pearce (Canberra, 2024-12-31)
#853
I'm signing because I live in Victoria, support Wests Tigers, and feel even more powerless than NSW fans to keep WT a going concern.MARK HODSON (Illowa, 2024-12-31)
#854
I'm signing because I'm Balmain Tigers supporter. Up The Tigers!Rhys Stewart (St Clair, 2024-12-31)
#857
Sick of the antics for over 20 years, I want one united club not twoNoel Kumar (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#861
I’m over the way the club is run . It needs to be united with an independent board so the is no factions and in fighting.David Miles (Watanobbi, 2024-12-31)
#862
Our club is a joke to the wider rugby league community. The current ownership group are not serving the club nor the fans. There are too many egos in place.Adam Gordon (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#863
I don’t think either team can survive if the partnership ends.Larry Crick (Why Woy, 2024-12-31)
#864
New owners are required for this club, where members can have their say and where there are no more self-interested board members. It’s time everyone unites under one club - west tigers.Daniel Williams (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#866
I believe that the current board has other interests than that over a mergerAntonios Karavolas (Belmore, 2024-12-31)
#867
I'm absolutely sick of supporting a club whose governance is incompetent & inept.Luke Nicholson (Port Macquarie, 2024-12-31)
#871
They need to stop trying to hold onto power and let the club be run professionally.Hardin Smith (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#872
I have been a Tigers fan for 50 years.I am tired of defending our organisation against all the jibes during the season and off season.
The Wests Tigers are in my veins.
I would not be able to support a Magpies team or a Balmain team in another country. Nor could I support any other club. I would be lost to Rugby League and it is my religion. Please Help.
Paul Gibson (Bonnells Bay, 2024-12-31)
#873
Sick off the in house fightingRob Wolfe (Umina Beach, 2024-12-31)
#874
Because of instability all this in fighting is bringing to West Tigers football club. I'm 80 and have followed Western Suburbs and then West TigersAND INSTABILITY IS NOT HELPING THE FOOTBALL TEAM SO WAKE UP TO YOURSELVES AND FORGET ABOUT YOUR EGOS AND GET ON WITH RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL TEAM
Terry Jarman (Hornsby, 2024-12-31)
#875
Im a long time Tigers supporter who is sick of the negative media and infighting that is causing damage to and undermining the forward plans of the club.Michael Erbacher (Brisbane, 2024-12-31)
#876
I am sick to death of petty Board members, most of whom have little or no grasp of the need to build relationships. What is a musician doing on the Board, amongst other inappropriate appointments? For God's sake Rick Wayde is a Board member, he must have been around the block ten times and is surely twenty years past retirement age. The Club needs a private ownership model that focuses on the future, not a bunch of lightweights that should be selling chook raffle ticketsSteve Turner (Lawson, 2024-12-31)
#878
I am only old enough to know the club as WEST TIGERS and sick of division between the founding clubsRyan Clarke (WOY WOY, 2024-12-31)
#879
The club needs to get along it is about the game not the powerbrokersJohn Bamford (FIVE DOCK, 2024-12-31)
#883
These board members are a ******* jokeAdam Kustron (West Wollongong, 2024-12-31)
#884
I’m over itDoug Howard (Bondi, 2024-12-31)
#885
I want the West Tigers to become a proud and successful club again.Brian Longman (Perth, 2024-12-31)
#886
I have been a tiger fan since 1965 and it saddens me when we united with West suburban but to unite with New Zealand is a joke not even a Australia team I feel so sad and upset by the whole ideaLynette Kelly (Woree, 2024-12-31)
#887
We need security and transparency for members and employees ..we need to follow in with Richardson's positive plans.Amandw Fisher (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#888
I am signing because it is clear the Holman Barnes Group are incompetent, have a clear bias, and do not represent the stakeholders in a fair manner.Luke Hill (Central Coast, 2024-12-31)
#891
I want the WestsTigers to finally rise above mediocrity & demand onfield performances from a team, worthy of being in first grade.I want our club to rank alongside Penrith and Melbourne as well administered clubs that players want to sign with to play.
I want the players to finally play to expectations & justify their million dollar contracts.
Anthony Beger (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#896
I feel the need of an external review, I have been supporting balmain and now west tigers since 83 and there needs to be answers, signed tired life long supporterShannon Speechley (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#897
Sick of the bsRyan Brown (Port Macquarie, 2024-12-31)
#900
I’m a long term Balmain and wests tigers supporter who cannot understand why the merged entity which has developed fans of its own would seek to destroy itself.Adam Peters (Leura, 2024-12-31)
#904
I’m signing because I saw the impact the first petition had on the club, it’s seems to be going in the right direction. I want all this infighting to stop and the club to unite and move in the one direction in the betterment of the club.Giovanni Ferraro (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#905
I am a passionate fan off the Tigers but have been disgruntled with the governance of the club and I truely believe that there are people in charge at the HBG at the moment that truely want to sabotage the Wests Tigers to suit their own agenda.George Daoud (Campsie, 2024-12-31)
#906
Was a Balmain fan, but it’s now the Wests Tigers! So no more western suburbs magpies vs Balmain tigers bullshit!Aaron Conway (Perth, 2024-12-31)
#910
I'm signing because I'm tired of hearing about the disunity and afraid the Wests Tigers may split which will serve neither of the 2 separate clubs, especially after such a long finals drought.Cedric Koon (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#913
The current model is self serving and non democratic.25 years is simply enough.
I demand that the HBG leadership be opened up to the best peolpe available to truly set the direction for my club’s sustained success.
William F (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#915
Over the self interest shitBoyd Dumbrell (Toronto, 2024-12-31)
#919
If husband and wife don't get along then it's divorce time. Same goes here. The back of house should remain there, not be at the forefront when the team is trying to get out of a rut that is more likely caused by the politics of a merger club.Greg Scott (Rooty Hill, 2024-12-31)
#921
Leave our team aloneMartin Breeze (FLINDERS, 2024-12-31)
#922
Very frustrating. I am formerly a Balmain supporter but the Wests Tigers is the future. I will not support a Magpies team or a Balmain team. We have so much potential why are these people jeopardising this . Wests Tigers can be huge.Sam Mule (Eastwood, 2024-12-31)
#923
I'm a passionate Weststigers supporter. My roots are from the Wests Magpies, however that era has passed. We are the Weststigers now and I want the governance to reflect a single entity protecting the Weststigers.Don Stewart (Winston Hills, 2024-12-31)
#924
I’m over all the in-house fighting and power grabbing. It’s Weststigers not Wests or Balmain! Time to move with the times and kick some goals. We could become a serious football club if we sort our shit out!Mario Pengue (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#925
Let's keep improving every aspect of our organisation so we consistently win competitions, and limit the distraction and noise of being constantly in the headlines.Sam Voukenas (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#927
The debenture system at HBG is outdated and dysfunctional. It does not provide opportunity or accountability for a modern well operated sporting organisation owned by its members.Joe Burrello (Sydney, 2024-12-31)
#931
I'm done with all the internal bullshit happening between the magpies and the tigers.Let's short this shit out and move forward. I've been a member for 15 consecutive years now and nothing has changedDavid Robinson (St Mary's, 2025-01-01)
#933
I want the best for the wests tigers. Am sick of all the instability over the years.Mick Butterfield (Bermagui, 2025-01-01)
#938
The west tigers should be the only club moving forward, the magpies and balmain days are dead, let them rest and celebrate their previous accomplishments. West tigers are the only way for true successJack Chilvers (Perth, 2025-01-01)
#939
The selfishness of the board not putting the fans before themselves. The success of the club relies on the fans and the board should show a united front to strengthen the club rather than slowly destroying it.Patrick Macnamara (Brisbane, 2025-01-01)
#940
The current system is outdated and needs to be brought into line with modern governance practices, otherwise there is a risk of an unskilled and biased few making decisions. Needs to be the best person for the role, appointed fairly.Thanks for all the work being done to make these changes. Hopefully not long now.
Jeremy Arato (Brisbane, 2025-01-01)
#944
I am tired of the instability of the board, the lack of cohesion, which continually undermines the football team and the supporters.Jon Spilsbury (Armidale, 2025-01-01)
#947
I'm a born in balmain hospital 1962 bred and played for tigers accep the joint venture accept no club in balmainNow constant money matters ruining both great clubs due to greedy committees
Let's fix this hit and play football
You need the locals to get a home again
MARK PETERSON (KINCUMBER, 2025-01-01)
#949
I am sick and tired of this bullshit. Wests Tigers all the way.Zafer Kara (Gold Coast, 2025-01-01)
#952
I am embarrassed by all this nonsense. I want to see Wests Tigers be strong again with a strong and united Board behind them. I am an old lifetime Magpies supporter but I believe the team Wests Tigers is the future.Christine Holman (Glenhaven, 2025-01-01)
#955
This club has become a joke and an embarrassment to the NRL.Kevin Peel (Maryborough, 2025-01-01)
#958
I have been a Balmain Tigers supporter since 1966 and a Wests Tigers supporter since the year 2000. United we stand divided we fall.Terry Fitzgerald (GRANTHAM FARM, 2025-01-01)
#959
To be rid of the dinosaurs like Burgess who have never embraced the merger or shown anything approaching competence with regards to running a football club.David Eykhof (Sydney, 2025-01-01)
#964
I believe an independent review is absolutely necessary.Joel Bishop (Imbil, 2025-01-01)
#971
I grew up in Balmain & Rozelle . I'm a life time member of weststigers . I want Balmain to survive in the NRLWayne Dunn (Sydney, 2025-01-01)
#973
I have been following Balmain / Wests Tigers forc86 years, and I want to see Balmain get a more equitable share of running the club. And to stop this holman barnes group from trying to nudge Balmain out altogether,so as to return to western suburbs magpies !Ray Addison (Kilcoy, 2025-01-01)
#974
I want a united West Tigers team.Phil Guy (Shoalhaven Heads, 2025-01-01)
#978
because I sick of complete idiots trying to bring the Wests Tigers down as a football clubIan Emery (Warilla, 2025-01-01)
#981
Tigers are a jokeBrayden Maynard (Grafton, 2025-01-01)
#982
The owners of Wests Tigers continue to damage the brand with their constant drama creation. I firmly believe that are not acting in the best interest of the club. Change is imperative.Shane Grose (Wollongong, 2025-01-01)
#983
I want to see more stability at board level.Shane Kohut (Glenwood, 2025-01-01)
#985
I’m sick and tired of my club being a ******* joke. The West Tigers have been around almost 3 decades. Half the first grade team have never seen Balmain or wests in their life times you absolute idiots. We have our best roster maybe ever and you drongos are destroying the club from the top. Wake up you clowns West Tigers are 1 clubRyan Yanz (MOUNT PETER, 2025-01-01)
#988
I support the Wests Tigers. I have no faith in the current ownership and governance of the club.I like all other fans only want this club to have success on and off the field
Graeme Hunt (Haberfield, 2025-01-01)
#990
Enough is enough can’t keep going down these pathsCraig McMahon (Sydney, 2025-01-01)
#992
I’m signing because I believe some board members are not on the board for the correct reasons. It seems they are not there for the Wests Tigers but for themselves.Mark Weiley (Sawtell, 2025-01-01)
#993
Sick of the clowns that supposed be behind the scenes are making all about themSack the lot and hire 8 independent no affiliation to either club
Daniel Hughes (Currans Hill, 2025-01-01)
#994
I want Wests Tigers to succeed not caught up in politics & petty squabblesOwen Clark (Wamberal, 2025-01-01)
#997
I am sick and tired of Balmain versus Wests, it is ONE Team- Wests Tigers.I am an old Magpies supporter and get so mad when a so called "ex tigers legend" speaks as it is always an ex Balmain player not a Wests Tigers player. The club is not called Wests Tigers enough and most of the media portray the Tigers name.
Club legend, and our greatest ever player, Robbie Farrah, said it best some time ago when he said we are not Balmain Tigers, we are not Wests Magpies, we are Wests Tigers!!!!
Steven Dennington (Sydney, 2025-01-01)
#999
I am sick and tired of this bullshit. My whole family are Wests Tigers supporters and we will not support anyone else. Fix this shit nowDamian Johnson (Armidale, 2025-01-01)
#1000
Bored of the Tigers board.There absolutely can be better governance.
Time for actual change
Daniel Kerr (Dulwich Hill, 2025-01-01)