James Hooper has shot down suggestions that the Balmain Tigers could break away from the Wests Tigers joint venture and go it alone.
“The reality is it can’t happen because Balmain aren’t financial enough.” said Hooper
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“It’s just never going to happen so I think the best thing that everybody can do for the Wests Tigers is to try and stay on the same page.”
Earlier in the week Balmain Tigers board member Garry Leo publicly claimed the that Balmain wanted to exit the joint venture to revive the Tigers as a separate entity.