{"id":482969,"date":"2025-12-10T09:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=482969"},"modified":"2025-12-10T23:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:22:20","slug":"shock-tigers-backflip-nine-days-after-chairman-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=482969","title":{"rendered":"Shock Tigers backflip nine days after chairman sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nine days after he was sacked as Wests Tigers chairman, Barry O&#x27;Farrell is likely to make a shock return to the club, while Benji Marshall is on the verge of a contract extension.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/wests-tigers-to-extend-benji-marshall-s-contract-until-2029-20251210-p5nmmu.html?ref=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=rss_sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Sydney Morning Herald\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> is reporting that the move comes following a series of crisis talks between the NRL and the Tigers.\ufeff <\/p>\n<p>The Holman Barnes Group (HBG) sacked O&#x27;Farrell, as well as three independent directors, just over a week ago.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/football\/world-cup-draw-2026-australia-socceroos-group-d-analysis-usa-reaction-craig-foster-opinion-added-time-20251210-p5nmk6.html\"><strong>&#x27;Suffocating&#x27; hold Socceroos can inflict on cocky Americans<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2025-perth-bears-recruitment-2027-roster-tino-faasuamaleaui-brother-iszac-signs-analysis-20251204-p5nkux.html\"><strong>Tino&#x27;s bro locked in alongside &#x27;exciting&#x27; first for Perth Bears<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/news-2025-ashes-big-bash-jhye-richardson-australia-england-perth-scorchers-20251210-p5nmny.html\"><strong>&#x27;Bittersweet&#x27; moment for Aussie quick pushing for Test spot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He has now reportedly been asked to return to the role given the NRL&#x27;s concerns over the state the club finds itself in. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e222fdd9-21d7-49b0-a549-c74cdfc15245\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e222fdd9-21d7-49b0-a549-c74cdfc15245\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3956\" data-height=\"2225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Tigers have finished last in three of the last four seasons\ufeff, and haven&#x27;t played finals since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The SMH report says O&#x27;Farrell is aware of the NRL&#x27;s desire for him to return to the role.<\/p>\n<p>He is yet to confirm whether he will, but is open to heading back through the doors.<\/p>\n<p>Balmain champion Benny Elias was strongly linked with the role before this potential sudden backflip emerged. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe report adds that the Wests Tigers will extend the contract of coach Benji Marshall through to the end of 2029.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers and Marshall are deep in negotiations, with an extension set to be finalised. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to create stability within the struggling organisation. Shaun Mielekamp has been appointed interim chief executive.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Marshall took over as coach at the start of the 2024 season, and has won 15 of 48 games at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>He played 257 games for the Tigers across two stints during his career.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Nine days after he was sacked as Wests Tigers chairman, Barry O&#x27;Farrell is likely to make a shock return to the club, while Benji Marshall <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=482969\" title=\"Shock Tigers backflip nine days after chairman sacking\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":482971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482972,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482969\/revisions\/482972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/482971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}