Wests Tigers considering forming a partnership with South West Sydney A-League franchise
Wests Tigers will consider opening historic talks to form a powerful 12-month partnership with the A-League’s new South-West Sydney franchise.
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Wests Tigers will consider opening historic talks to form a powerful 12-month partnership with the A-League’s new South-West Sydney franchise.
Two professional sporting franchises will be pitted against each other in the valuable Macarthur region in Sydney’s southwest when the new Sydney expansion team is admitted to the A-League for the 2020-21 season,
And while the two codes only briefly overlap on the field, each club would be fighting for support, membership and merchandise.
However, rather than see the football franchise as a threat, Wests Tigers chief executive Justin Pascoe said his NRL club might look to join forces with its new rival and become powerful allies.
“There’s no reason why people can’t have dual membership,” Pascoe said.
“Maybe that’s something we can look at and work with the new club. We will explore all options. You know how good sport is for the community across all sports.
“We don’t believe they will be a competitor of ours. It would be played in a different season and, certainly, there are enough people in the region to support both codes — to support Wests Tigers and whatever the new team is going to be called.
“We support any investment into sport in the region. If it helps with infrastructure improvement across the region, because there is a new professional team there, then we will support it.”
Asked would he be happy to work with the football franchise, Pascoe: “Yeah, why not.
“We’re supportive of it. Well done to the council and group out there that forged forward with the bid.”
Wests Tigers will play three home games at Campbelltown Stadium next season — in rounds two (Warriors), three (Bulldogs) and 23 (Newcastle).
Other Wests Tigers home games will be at Leichhardt Oval, Western Sydney Stadium — to be known as Bankwest Stadium — and Scully Park, Tamworth.
Rugby league fans from the Macarthur district have often said the Wests Tigers have snubbed the area, even as the NRL continues to work diligently at junior level in southwest Sydney.
“We will continue to do what we have been doing, investing across the community in many different engagement programs,” Pascoe said.
“We play games out there, we are very strongly aligned with junior league in the area, along with development and pathways.”
Wests Tigers announced in September the club would play games at Campbelltown and Leichhardt until at least 2020.
The club reached an agreement with Campbelltown City Council and Inner West Council to continue playing at their spiritual homes.
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Originally published as Wests Tigers considering forming a partnership with South West Sydney A-League franchise
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