There was more musical chairs when Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire announced his team for the round 17 clash with Manly this Saturday. There just wasn’t a chair for club legend Chris Lawrence, who is retiring at the end of this season. With the club’s finals hopes snuffed out by a rampaging Penrith last weekend,… Read more »
Michael Maguire all season has seemed to be the best thing going for Wests Tigers. The man has tried just about everything in trying to mould a winning team from the bits and pieces roster left to him by the club’s former “bus driver’’. It has been a commendable effort, but at the same time… Read more »
For the first time in a couple of months Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire has named an unchanged team two weeks in a row. The round 15 clash against the Sydney Roosters at Leichhardt Oval this Saturday will feature the same 17 players who scraped home off the back of a last minute field goal… Read more »
Jacob Liddle, the heir apparent to Robbie Farah, finally returns to footy this Sunday against the Bulldogs at Bankwest Stadium. Liddle has not played in first grade for more than 12 months while recovering from a serious knee injury. His return couldn’t be better timed with gun hooker Harry Grant on the sidelines with injury… Read more »
After the Wests Tigers put on a miserable performance in losing to the NZ Warriors 26-20 last Friday night they copped a decent size social media pile on. There were a lot of upset fans speaking out but there was one that stood out. “I’ve seen this Wests Tigers performance 100 times,’’ was the comment… Read more »
Wests Tigers have won five of their past six games against the New Zealand Warriors, including the last four played between the two sides in Australia. But there’s no doubt Friday’s round 12 clash against the Warriors at the Sydney cricket ground looms as a danger game for Michael Maguire’s team. While they put in… Read more »
The Wests Tigers may have uncovered a new rugby league star in their gutsy 26-16 defeat to the Eels last night. Shawn Blore, a 19 year old giant forward making his debut in first grade put in an impressive performance. Nobody was more impressed with Blore, picture in action above, than his coach, Michael Maguire…. Read more »
Wests Tigers fans thought they’ve seen it all with Benji Marshall. Over the past 16 years they have marvelled at the hops and jumps, the flick passes, the chip kicks, the show and go and the general sleight of hand. Now they have also seen the Benji Marshall resilience for the very first time. Dropped… Read more »
Another defeat followed by another use of the coach’s axe – Wests Tigers head coach Michael Maguire has dropped a bombshell by benching halfback Luke Brooks for Friday night’s clash with Brisbane Broncos at Leichhardt Oval. After going down 18-10 to South Sydney in round nine, Maguire has made several changes for this week, headlined… Read more »
Luke Brooks will once again steer the Wests Tigers around the park against Souths. Wests Tigers will go into their clash with South Sydney this Friday night full of confidence despite their 19-12 defeat at the hands of the Panthers last weekend. Battered and bruised after a fiery clash with Penrith, it looked like the… Read more »
After back to back wins, Wests Tigers will run out to face Penrith this Saturday night with real fans in the stands for the first time since the resumption of the NRL. Relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions mean that around 7,000 fans will be allowed into Bankwest Stadium for the clash between the big cats. Following… Read more »
Two weeks ago a frustrated Wests Tigers coach Michael Maguire made sweeping changes to his side. Out went Benji Marshall, as well as a number of other big names after a terrible performance in the loss to the Gold Coast Titans. After the team lost the next game to Canberra, Maguire kept the axe busy,… Read more »
