Blue Wiggle Anthony Field hints at $20m plan to bring back Balmain Tigers

Blue Wiggle Anthony Field has dropped a bombshell, revealing his desire to return a beloved rugby league club to the NRL.

Anthony Field said if he had the mans he'd 'bring the Tigers back'. Picture: Instagram

Blue Wiggle Anthony Field has dropped a bombshell, revealing his desire to buy his favourite NRL club the Wests Tigers.

The star, 60, opened up about his dream to split the merged club apart again while speaking to 3AW’s Ben Fordham on Thursday morning, after his plans were first made public by The Daily Telegraph.

“All the cash I own is in the Wiggles at the moment,” Mr Field said.

“If the Wiggles ever sell in the next five or 10 years and I had some cash … I’d bring the Tigers back.”

The Wiggle said he would buy the team 'in a second' if the opportunity arose. Picture: Instagram

The original Wiggles member said if his plan came to fruition, he would oversee the return of the Balmain Tigers as a stand-alone club, splitting it away from the Western Suburbs Magpies.

“It’s all about community … I grew up (playing the game in Leichhardt),” he said.

“It was just a real community and I’d love to bring that back.”

As for how he thinks Magpies diehards would feel about the move, Mr Field said probably “the same way” as he does.

Anthony Field said if he had the means he'd 'bring the Tigers back'. Picture: Instagram

“You go out to Campbelltown Ground … and they’re all wearing Western Suburbs jerseys,” he said.

“You got to Leichhardt and everyone’s wearing Balmain jerseys.

“I just want to address the tiger in the room.”

Both one of the nine founding clubs of the Sydney rugby football league established in 1908, the Western Suburbs Magpies and the Balmain Tigers decided to merge in 1999.

The Wests Tigers played their first game in 2000 and won their maiden premiership in 2005.

While he says there was no “love lost” between Balmain and the Western suburbs, Mr Field says the transition would end the “forced marriage” between the two teams and return them to their rightful positions as being “the best of frenemies”.

“I’d do it in a second if it could happen, but I’m talking fairytales,” he said.

“I just love them wearing the black and gold out there in Leichhardt.”

Mr Field, who was a founding member of The Wiggles, is now the majority owner of the group, is estimated to have a net worth of $20 million.

The kids entertainment group is estimated to be worth $50 million.

The Wiggles began in 1991 and has become an internationally recognised group around the globe.