Overview
- The club confirmed a five-year extension for coach Benji Marshall through 2030, a significant vote of confidence aimed at steadying the football program.
- Shaun Mielekamp was named interim CEO and began personally calling members, outlining a unity plan and reaffirming venue plans for Leichhardt and Campbelltown.
- Owners agreed to reinstate chair Barry O’Farrell with independent directors Annabelle Williams and Michelle McDowell, while Charlie Viola is understood to be unlikely to return.
- The ARLC’s Peter V’landys intervened in crisis talks, a board meeting on Monday will determine the revamped structure, and HBG is set to hold a five-seat majority on a nine-member board after Dennis Burgess quit the Tigers board but remained HBG chair.
- Supporters plan a Saturday rally from Pratten Park to Wests Ashfield calling for the Holman Barnes Group board to resign as fan unrest over governance continues.