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The Wests Tigers come into the 2023 season with the most hype around their clubs for many seasons. The Tigers have made a host of impressive signings including Api Koroisau, Isaiah Papali’i and John Bateman.
Will Tim Sheens be able to unite a club often torn by in house fighting and media scrutiny to take the Tigers back to the NRL Finals?
Established: | 1999 |
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Home grounds: | Campbelltown Stadium, Leichhardt Oval, Bankwest Stadium |
Coach: | Tim Sheens |
Captain: | Apisai Koroisau |
Premierships: | One – 2005 |
2022 ladder finish: | 16th (4-20) |
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2023 Premiership | Make Finals | Top Tryscorer | |
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Feb | $46 | $4.50 | D Nofoaluma $67 |
Mar | $46 | $4.50 | D Nofoaluma $67 |
Apr | $501 | $71 | D Nofoaluma $501 |
May | $251 | $23 | D Nofoaluma $501 |
Jun | $201 | $13 | D Nofoaluma $501 |
Jul | $1501 | $101 | – |
Aug | – | – | – |
Sep | – | – | – |
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Round | Opponent | Venue | Date | Time (NSW) |
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1 | Gold Coast Titans | Leichhardt Oval | Sunday, March 5 | 6:15pm |
2 | Newcastle Knights | Leichhardt Oval | Sunday, March 12 | 4:05pm |
3 | Canterbury Bulldogs | Belmore Sports Ground | Sunday, March 19 | 4:05pm |
4 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | Friday, March 24 | 6:00pm |
5 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium | Saturday, April 1 | 7:35pm |
6 | Parramatta Eels | Accor Stadium | Monday, April 10 | 4:00pm |
7 | BYE | – | – | – |
8 | Manly Sea Eagles | Campbelltown Sports Stadium | Sunday, April 23 | 4:05pm |
9 | Penrith Panthers | Carrington Park | Saturday, April 29 | 7:35pm |
10 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Accor Stadium | Saturday, May 13 | 3:00pm |
12 | North Queensland Cowboys | Leichhardt Oval | Saturday, May 20 | 5:30pm |
13 | BYE | – | – | – |
14 | Canberra Raiders | Campbelltown Sports Stadium | Friday, June 2 | 8:00pm |
15 | Gold Coast Titans | CBUS Super Stadium | Thursday, June 8 | 7:50pm |
16 | Melbourne Storm | Campbelltown Sports Stadium | Saturday, June 17 | 7:35pm |
17 | BYE | – | – | – |
18 | North Queensland Cowboys | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | Saturday, July 1 | 5:30pm |
19 | Cronulla Sharks | CommBank Stadium | Thursday, July 6 | 7:50pm |
20 | Newcastle Knights | McDonald Jones Stadium | Friday, July 14 | 8:00pm |
21 | St George-Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium | Thursday, July 20 | 7:50pm |
22 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Scully Park | Friday, July 28 | 6:00pm |
23 | Canberra Riders | GIO Stadium | Sunday, August 6 | 4:05pm |
24 | New Zealand Warriors | FMG Stadium Waikato | Saturday, August 12 | 5:30pm |
25 | Dolphins | CommBank Stadium | Saturday, August 19 | 3:00pm |
26 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | Saturday, August 26 | 5:30pm |
25 | Manly Sea Eagles | 4 Pines Park | Friday, September 1 | 6:00pm |
Born: 7/11/1992
Games: 170
Tries: 24
Position: Hooker
Api Koroisau needs no introduction given the role he has played for the Panthers over the last few years, resulting in two NRL Telstra Premierships. Koroisau’s role will be very simple for the Tigers, which has only been made clearer with Jackson Hastings being traded to Newcastle. As he did when starting at Penrith, Koroisau will be tasked with using his skills at hooker to create time and space for halves partners Luke Brooks and Adam Doueihi. Koroisau’s influence from hooker should correlate directly with the sides success.
Born: 30/9/1993
Games: 34
Tries: 8
Position: 2nd Row
John Bateman is exactly the type of signing the Tigers need to improve the club’s retched on and off field issues. The fiery Englishman, for all his skill and work ethic, is a footballer that just loves winning. Bateman will do anything it takes on the football field to win and has an incredible knack for being at the right place at the right time. He will bring a set of standards to the Tigers they have not seen for some time; he will lift his team mates to those standards and make sure everyone is held accountable for staying there throughout the course of the season.
Born: 3/4/2000
Games: 35
Tries: 19
Position: Centre
Tommy Talau is returning from an ACL injury sustained at thee end of the 2021 NRL season. Talau has declared in the lead up to the 2023 season he is stronger mentally and physically, which should scare outside backs across the NRL. Talau made his name in the NRL as a strike right centre with an enormous left hand fend. The size and strength of Talau could be an enormous weapon playing outside of either John Bateman or Shawn Blore for the Tigers. Should he start regularly for the Tigers, Talau could have a break out season in 2023.
Balmain and Western Suburbs were two of NSW Rugby League’s nine foundation clubs. The Tigers were a powerhouse of Sydney first-grade footy, winning 11 premierships between 1908 and 1969. Wests won all of their four flags before the 1960s. Both clubs were starved of success by the time the ’90s rolled around, which made them prime candidates for exclusion from a national comp.
It soon became apparent that a merger was the only way to go. The Tigers fielded offers from several teams, including the Parramatta Eels and the now-defunct Gold Coast Chargers. Meanwhile, clubs such as Penrith and Canterbury viewed the Magpies as an easy way to boost their supporter bases in Sydney’s western suburbs. Both Balmain and Wests recognised those proposals for what they were: predatory buyouts.
Instead, the two clubs pooled their resources to create a genuine joint-venture partnership. Wests Tigers debuted in 2000 and broke the twin curses of Balmain and Western Suburbs in 2005, when they blasted their way from the bottom of the ladder to the flag in one of the most memorable premiership campaigns in rugby league history.
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