{"id":323109,"date":"2025-12-02T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/323109\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:39:36","slug":"wests-tigers-ceo-considering-exiting-club-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/323109\/","title":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers CEO considering exiting club &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a> CEO Shane Richardson is reportedly contemplating ending his time at the club following off-field dramas which included the sacking of Chairman Barry O&#8217;Farrell.<\/p>\n<p>Although he has two years left to run on his current contract with the Tigers, Danny Weidler reports that Richardson is giving &#8220;serious consideration&#8221; to ending his time at the club.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LATEST: Following the board room drama at the Wests Tigers it\u2019s understood club boss Shane Richardson is giving serious consideration to ending his time at the club. He has around 2 years left on his contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsSyd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@9NewsSyd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRLonNine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NRLonNine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danny Weidler (@Danny_Weidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Weidler\/status\/1995651548404482520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Holman Barnes Group axed O&#8217;Farrell and three independent directors &#8211; Annabelle Williams, Charlie Viola and Michelle McDowell, thus leaving them in charge with full control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To strengthen governance and ensure clearer visibility and collaboration across both organisations, a notice of removal has been issued to the independent directors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a> board,&#8221; the Holman Barnes Group said in a statement via News Corp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese governance changes that have been enacted will have no impact on the football operations, coaching staff or players.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Holman Barnes Group has full faith and commitment in Shane Richardson as CEO and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/benji-marshall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benji Marshall<\/a> as coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is on stability, unity and success both on and off the field. Holman Barnes Group and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a> share a deep commitment to the players, members, fans and communities, and we will continue to work together to build a strong, sustainable and successful long-term future for the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers CEO Shane Richardson is reportedly contemplating ending his time at the club following off-field dramas which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-323109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}