{"id":330965,"date":"2025-12-06T06:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/330965\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T06:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T06:54:12","slug":"arlc-chairman-peter-vlandys-promises-wests-tigers-fans-that-balman-and-wests-will-always-be-part-of-joint-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/330965\/","title":{"rendered":"ARLC chairman Peter V\u2019landys promises Wests Tigers fans that Balman and Wests will always be part of joint-venture"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NRL has assured Wests Tigers fans neither Balmain or Western Suburbs will ever be excluded from the joint venture as head office seeks assurances that the latest boardroom dramas don\u2019t adversely affect the football team.<\/p>\n

It has been a week of negative headlines for the Tigers after the Holman Barnes Group (HBG), the majority owner of the Tigers, removed four independent directors<\/a>, including chairman Barry O\u2019Farrell. A\u00a0whistleblower complaint<\/a> levelled against Wests Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson has also sparked speculation he will part company with the club on Monday.<\/p>\n

It is the latest battle for control of the Tigers after the HBG claimed it was being excluded from key decisions, such as the football side\u2019s stadia strategy. There have also been suggestions the HBG wants to remove Balmain from the joint venture, a claim vehemently denied by its chief executive Daniel Paton.<\/p>\n

Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter V\u2019landys sought his own assurances about HBG\u2019s intentions during a conversation with Paton this week. Regardless, V\u2019landys assured long-suffering fans there will always be a Wests Tigers in the NRL.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur prime aim is to make sure that neither the Balmain or Wests side is diluted in any way,\u201d V\u2019landys said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will protect the Tigers fans and the Wests fans. It\u2019s going to be a genuine Wests Tigers franchise \u2026 I stress, there will be no dilution, it will always be Wests Tigers. If they think they will change it to anything else, they\u2019re in for a shock.<\/p>\n

\"Wests<\/p>\n

Wests Tigers fans have been assured the club will always include Balmain.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be fair to them, they have given me an undertaking that it\u2019s not their intention, that\u2019s not the case. It\u2019s more a dispute between the shareholders and the board.\u201d<\/p>\n

V\u2019landys reiterated he was concerned about the Tigers\u2019 corporate governance after the mass boardroom sackings of O\u2019Farrell, Annabelle Williams, Charlie Viola and Michelle McDowell, less than a year after the four independents were installed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL has assured Wests Tigers fans neither Balmain or Western Suburbs will ever be excluded from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-330965","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\/330965","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=330965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}