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Try and try again: a black night for Potter's Tigers

Glenn Jackson Mick Potter's debut could have been worse, but he might wake in the morning wondering how. A tough prospect it might have been, to recover from the tumultuous events of last week - when the club...

Braith has faith: Tigers recruit vows to improve on opening-round shocker

Glenn Jackson If honesty is the best policy, expect Wests Tigers to bounce back well on Sunday against Penrith. Some of the Tigers' key players have been nothing short of brutal on themselves in the wake of their...

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On-schedule Mick's no hurry Potter

Glenn Jackson, Brad Walter HE was announced as Wests Tigers coach less than a fortnight ago, yet after taking charge of his first training session with his new club, Mick Potter insisted the pre-season was ''on schedule''.

Sea Eagles in hunt for new prop as merry-go-round fires up

Brad Walter, Glenn Jackson THE expected departures of Beau Ryan and Chris Heighington to Cronulla could pave the way for Manly prop Brent Kite to join Wests Tigers next season.

Storm surge to points as Manly beaten to the punch

Glenn Jackson No biffs, no butts and no brawls. The only real similarity to Donnybrookvale was that Manly second-rower Glenn Stewart exited earlier than expected.

Broken arm could spell end of Tuqiri's playing career

Glenn Jackson THE playing future of Wests Tigers winger Lote Tuqiri is in doubt after the dual international suffered a broken arm against the Bulldogs last night, ending his season.

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Hurt shocker: coaches want refs to stop for injuries

Brad Walter and Glenn Jackson WAYNE BENNETT and Tim Sheens, the two most experienced and successful coaches in the NRL, are angered over the failure of on-field officials to stop play for seriously injured players in weekend...

Sheens: judge the incident, not the name

Glenn Jackson ADAM BLAIR'S suspension this week has left Wests Tigers wondering whether he was charged because of dangerous contact or because his name is Adam Blair.

Broken-armed but unbowed: Tuqiri insists his career's not over

Glenn Jackson AS HE sucked on the ''green whistle'' - the painkilling inhaler - in the dressing room as the clock wound down and the pain ramped up last Friday night, Lote Tuqiri came to the realisation his season...

Storm's Blair faces court on charge of assault

Glenn Jackson MELBOURNE centre Maurice Blair has been charged with assaulting a woman on the Gold Coast, just hours after playing his first match of the season against the Titans.

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Tigers take it to wire again but clinical Manly cut through the hype

Glenn Jackson A LATE spurt, in true Tigers fashion, should not alter the need for lessons to be learnt. The Tigers would be wise to keep a video of this match and put it somewhere they can easily reach it.

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Fired-up Dragons show Moltzen what he's missing

Glenn Jackson IF St George Illawarra produce the attitude and aggression that they produced last night, they won’t need Tim Moltzen.

All over before half-time as stars regain stripes with solid effort

Glenn Jackson It remains to be seen whether this result will be a season-turning one for Wests Tigers, but it was history-making. In the 12 years of the merger, never had they held a team scoreless.

Fien warns Kiwis about defections

Glenn Jackson New Zealand's Nathan Fien has urged Kiwi officials to act swiftly following James Tamou's decision to play for Australia and NSW, fearing more players will follow.