Can the NRL’s worst team finally turn itself around?
To say the Wests Tigers have underperformed over the past two decades would be an understatement. Shane Richardson has a plan to change the team’s fortunes.
Long after the crowds are gone, and Leichhardt Oval has emptied, the rubbish that has accumulated is funnelled out of the ground through the VIP area.
The run-down facilities are the outward sign of Leichhardt Oval’s home team, the Wests Tigers, who trace their origins back to the very start of the NRL. They have been in total disarray for years.
A preview version of this article said Wests Ashfield own 75 per cent of Wests Tigers. They own 90 per cent.
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