There’s plenty of talk Josh Reynolds will be playing for another club in 2020, but for now he may be just be what Wests Tigers need. Their finals hopes are hanging by a thread after they were shut out of the game by Manly last week, going down 32-12, butRead more »
By the time East Campbelltown Eagles first grade ran on to the field for their big clash against St Marys on Sunday, the club were already celebrating having seven teams in 2019 grand finals. A record six junior Eagles sides qualified for grand finals to be played at Campbelltown StadiumRead more »
Thirlmere Rosters are in the box seat to win this year’s crown after securing the minor premiership on the weekend. Their reward will be to sit back and watch second placed Camden and Picton and The Oaks and Oakdale face off in the first week of the 2019 finals thisRead more »
Injuries to Moses Mbye and Robbie Farah have forced Wests Tigers head coach Michael Maguire to turn to youth to save the club’s season. Maguire has named 19-year-old rookie Tommy Talau to make his debut in the centres, while Jacob Liddle returns to the side at hooker for the RoundRead more »
The top five is done and dusted with Camden, Thirlmere, Picton, The Oaks and Oakdale cementing their spots for the 2019 finals with one round to go. But there remain some unfinished business for round 18 this coming weekend. For starters it will determine who wins the minor premiership, withRead more »
He can’t get any play time at present, but young Wests Tigers hooker Jacob Liddle has inked a new deal that will see him at the club until the end of the 2021 season. At least Liddle has signed the new contract knowing that Robbie Farah has announced his retirementRead more »
Super boot Sean Connor kicked 13 goals as the East Campbelltown Eagles got their premiership title defence back on track with an 82-6 shellacking of Sydney University at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday. Man of the match Connor also crossed for a hat trick of tries for a club record ofRead more »
Could Oakdale be the dark horse of the 2019 premiership? That will be a question Group Six rugby league pundits will be asking after the Workers came from behind to defeat Thirlmere in a thriller on Sunday afternoon. Oakdale is now just one point out of the top five, butRead more »
If Wests Tigers want to properly farewell Robbie Farah – and maybe even Benji Marshall – playing finals football would be the way to go. Mind you finals football is a distant memory for the joint venture and its long suffering fans, 2011 being the last time the feat wasRead more »
Robbie Farah has just announced he will be retiring from rugby league at the end of this season. The 35-year-old will retire as the most-capped player in Wests Tigers history, having begun his first-grade career with the club in 2003. Wests Tigers chairman Barry O’Farrell paid credit to Farah’s long-standingRead more »
The 2019 premiership is wide open following Camden’s shock defeat to Oakdale and Narellan’s thumping of Mittagong over the weekend. With three rounds remaining, Camden is still top of the ladder with 27 points, but Thirlmere is just one point behind, and these two will fight it out for theRead more »
Eagles coach Richard Barnes was anything but happy after his team went down 24-20 to the Guildford Owls on the weekend. “I won’t comment on this game at the moment; I’m going to go back and look at the video and especially our defence,’’ said Barnes after watching his teamRead more »
