Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney.
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29 Facts About Wests Tigers
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The Wests Tigers started playing in the 2000 NRL season and they won their maiden premiership in 2005.
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The name Wests Tigers is derived from the nickname of the Western Suburbs Magpies and the mascot, a tiger, which was the mascot of Balmain.
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The Western Suburbs Magpies, like the Balmain Wests Tigers, had a dismal 1990s winning rate, and again there was pressure on the foundation clubs to perform.
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Wests Tigers improved greatly in 2004 with provided help by signings of players such as Brett Hodgson and Pat Richards who began to blend well with the younger players emerging as talents.
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The Wests Tigers narrowly missed the playoffs after losing their final three games when a single victory would have guaranteed finals football for the first time.
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Wests Tigers played their first ever final as a joint venture club at Telstra Stadium against North Queensland Cowboys.
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Wests Tigers beat Cowboys five-eighth Johnathan Thurston and Matt Sing.
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Wests Tigers made a flick pass to Pat Richards behind his back, who then fended off Rod Jensen to score.
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Wests Tigers narrowly missed the finals and the chance to defend their title.
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Wests Tigers had a bad start to the season losing their opening four games by narrow margins.
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In February 2008, the Wests Tigers announced the extension of Benji Marshall's contract by one year, to the end of 2009.
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In February 2010, the Wests Tigers announced the signing of former Rugby Union star Lote Tuqiri for three years, and the signing of Benji Marshall for a further five.
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In June 2013 Wests Tigers Campbelltown sold their shares in the joint venture to Wests Tigers Ashfield Leagues, and pulled out of the joint venture.
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Wests Tigers said to the press "I told the players you are either on the bus, or you are off it".
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On 28 October 2018, Wests Tigers released coach Ivan Cleary from the final two years of his contract.
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Wests Tigers took another "home" game on the road in 2019, with a match hosted in Scully Park in Tamworth.
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In round 25 against Cronulla-Sutherland, Wests Tigers went into the game knowing that whoever won the match would be guaranteed a finals spot as both teams came into the last game of the year on equal points.
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The loss meant that this was the sixth time that Wests Tigers had finished ninth since the joint venture started in 2000.
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Wests Tigers played six matches with no fans able to visit the stadia to watch the games.
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Fans were re-admitted in limited numbers in round 8 with Wests Tigers losing to Penrith in front of 5000 fans at Bankwest Stadium.
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Wests Tigers finished the 2021 NRL season in 13th place after an awful season which saw them only win three times in the last eleven games.
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Wests Tigers are a joint venture, which was formed between Wests Magpies and Balmain Tigers football clubs.
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Wests Tigers Magpies Pty Ltd is a jointly owned legal entity:.
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Wests Tigers do not have a single home stadium but play at a number of grounds each year.
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In 2019 Wests Tigers took the first of their home games to the brand new Western Sydney Stadium.
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Since formation, the Wests Tigers have mostly retained the same logo with subtle changes.
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On October 6,2021, Wests Tigers unveiled a simplified logo ahead of the 2022 NRL season, retaining the tiger head of previous emblems with fewer details.
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