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There was always little chance that Wests Tigers chair Lee Hagipantelis would go quietly after being spectacularly ditched from the club’s board yesterday. The fedora-wearing lawyer, who is also the club’s major sponsor through his role as Principal at Bryden’s Lawyers, has fired back at… Read More »‘Disgraceful’, ‘knee jerk’, ‘ill-conceived publicity stunt’: Hagipantelis fires back after Tigers day of drama

Melbourne fans have been promised their AFL team is not “living under a rock” as the Demons reel from a second successive failed September. As coach Simon Goodwin detailed how the coaches and players plan to improve on another straight-sets finals exit, club chief executive… Read More »Demons coach, CEO face the music over star duo, finals failures and building a new base: ‘We’re not living under a rock’

The Brisbane Heat’s bowlers have delivered them an impressive 20-run win against the Sydney Thunder in Canberra to continue their unbeaten start to the BBL season. A classy 46 from in-form opener Colin Munro and clinical bowling from their disciplined bowling attack saw the Queenslanders… Read More »Sangha spins his web but Heat too hot for Thunder as Neser shows he’s a triple threat with catch of the year contender

TOKYO: Natto – or fermented soybeans – is the Japanese equivalent of Vegemite in that people generally love it or hate it. Given events of the last few months, the two foods are a good way of starting off a piece on how people currently… Read More »‘Stinking nepotism’, ‘bygone era’ or Japan’s saviour? Why Eddie’s mate has risked his rep on Wallaby turncoat

It was the day that Wests Tigers fans had been waiting for. The club, which had been bumbling around from crisis to crisis over the last decade at the bottom of the NRL, finally parted ways with the Justin Pascoe, the CEO and Lee Hagipantelis,… Read More »Welcome aboard, Richo and Barry – here’s the big questions facing the new regime at the Wests Tigers