Wests Tigers
Sonny Bill fights in Benji, Cooper corner
BRAD WALTER Sonny Bill Williams has leapt to the defence of fellow Kiwi superstar Benji Marshall and out-of-favour Wallabies playmaker Quade Cooper and predicted the pair would prove their critics wrong.
Benji admits ego was bruised by bench role
GLENN JACKSON Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall has opened up about his demotion, saying he was ''embarrassed'' to have been benched against South Sydney while promising to do everything he can to ensure it is a one-off occurrence.
Corporate reboot to placate Balmain and Wests factions
ADRIAN PROSZENKO Wests Tigers will work with ARLC boss Dave Smith in overhauling the corporate structure of the club to ensure a more harmonious relationship between the merged entities.
Leader of Tigers to bow out of fight
ADRIAN PROSZENKO Wests Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys has resigned, saying the move will help pave the way for a new spirit of cooperation between the partners of the joint-venture club.
Potter calls on fans to stand by his men
BRAD WALTER Wests Tigers' horrific injury toll and salary cap problems caused by the loss of so many top-line players will leave Mick Potter with little choice but to stick with the team outclassed by Souths.
Humphreys resigns as Wests Tigers chief
ADRIAN PROSZENKO Wests Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys has resigned from the position in another blow for the bottom-placed NRL club.
South Sydney Rabbitohs v Wests Tigers
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, Friday 7.35pm (AEST)
Potter tips gutted Marshall to return to his best form
GLENN JACKSON Wests Tigers coach Mick Potter said dumped five-eighth Benji Marshall would still play a ''significant part'' in Friday night's clash with South Sydney, while denying he had singled out the star player for the club's equal-worst losing streak.
Benji benched as Tigers try new tactic for Souths clash
MICHAEL CHAMMAS Star playmaker Benji Marshall will start on the bench as the Wests Tigers try to avoid recording the worst losing streak in the club's history against the table-topping Rabbitohs on Friday night.
Benji's little brother could kick on to future greatness
GLENN JACKSON As Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall attempts to regain his lost confidence, his youngest brother was not lacking any on Sunday when he won the national under-18s title with Balmain Tigers at North Sydney Oval.
Too timid, too reactive: I've become a shadow of myself
BENJI MARSHALL I have learnt a lot of things about myself over the past few weeks, particularly while I was sidelined with injury. Tellingly, I realised I had lost confidence.
Battered Wests Tigers face losing streak of record proportions
MICHAEL CHAMMAS The Wests Tigers are staring down the barrel of the longest losing streak in the joint venture club's 14-year history.
Carney on high as Tigers bomb out
GLENN JACKSON A day after Todd Carney signed for life, he handed Marika Koroibete not quite a lifetime of misery, but certainly quite a few nightmares as the Sharks beat Wests Tigers 30-6 at Allianz Stadium on Friday night.
Tigers tail off as club hits rock bottom for first time
GLENN JACKSON When is last also first? When it is Wests Tigers, who sit on the bottom of the NRL premiership ladder for the first time in the club's history.
Benji backs young ace Brooks to measure up
MICHAEL CHAMMAS Benji Marshall, the last Wests Tigers player to go from teenage rookie to superstar, has urged coach Mick Potter to throw 18-year-old prodigy Luke Brooks into the deep end.
Injury-hit Tigers look to Tuqiri's early return to get them out of the cellar
ADRIAN PROSZENKO Lote Tuqiri could make his long-awaited return from injury next month in a rare piece of positive injury news for Wests Tigers.
Woods shows mettle for Origin cauldron
Russell Jackson, Robert Lowe Blues hopeful and Wests Tigers prop Aaron Woods has tipped a fiery contest in the mate-against-mate clash between the joint venture and Cronulla on Friday night.
Show Me The Money
Wests Tigers board rift could spill on to the field
ROY MASTERS IF EVER the title of this column is appropriate to an issue in sport and business, it is the impasse at Wests Tigers.
Reynolds stars as Dogs destroy Tigers
GLENN JACKSON Three significant returns have occurred for the Bulldogs. Props James Graham and Sam Kasiano made comebacks, and they were important enough for the previously stuttering Bulldogs. But the return of five-eighth Josh Reynolds to the NSW puzzle was even more eye-catching.
Marshall set to be rushed back for Tigers clash with Dogs
Michael Chammas and Glenn Jackson Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall is expected to be rushed into the side for Friday night's clash with the Bulldogs after recovering from turf toe.
Marshall deal moves closer
GLENN JACKSON A four-hour meeting on Wednesday has left Benji Marshall's manager confident a deal is imminent to tie the five-eighth to the Wests Tigers for the rest of his career.
The quiet one
He was a promising footballer with a pregnant girlfriend, so why did he end it all at 20? Jane Cadzow on the tragic story of Mosese Fotuaika.
League
Marshall set to sign $4m deal to stay with Tigers
Glenn Jackson, Adrian Proszenko Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall is poised to sign one of the biggest deals in the NRL.
Tigers' injuries curse strikes again
MICHAEL CHAMMAS The Wests Tigers' season has been thrown into disarray after three of their key players suffered serious injuries in their side's 20-10 loss to Brisbane at Campbelltown Stadium on Saturday night.
Moltzen mans up without Marshall
MICHAEL CHAMMAS Tim Moltzen has never played halfback without Benji Marshall alongside him, but his record at No.7 suggests he could make a permanent move into the halves.
League
Richards set for Tigers homecoming
Former premiership-winning winger Pat Richards is leaving Wigan to return home and take up a two-year contract with the Wests Tigers, the club said on Friday.
Missed opportunities, but it was entertaining
PHIL GOULD Where no game existed, suddenly a grandstand finish emerged.
