Veteranrugby league administrator Shane Richardson has taken over as interim chief executive and former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell as chairman after the review,which was commissioned by the club’s majority shareholder,the Wests Ashfield-aligned Holman Barnes Group.
Former Western Suburbs player and Test star John Dorahy,who was only appointed to Wests Tigers’ board in April,became the first director outside of outgoing chairman Lee Hagipantelis to publicly comment on the changes,saying he was caught off-guard by the mass cleanout.