2007 Wests Tigers season
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The 2007 Wests Tigers season was the 8th in the joint-venture club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2007 Telstra Premiership, finishing in 9th position and failing to reach the play-offs.

Season summary

The Wests Tigers had a poor start to the season, losing their first four matches (three of them by very narrow margins.) The Tigers finally won their first game of the season in Round 5 against Cronulla Sharks, at Campbelltown Stadium, by 2 points in golden point extra time. Although Benji Marshall again injured a shoulder in round 8, the Tigers continued winning through to round 12 when they lost to Parramatta by 30 points. Injuries to key players continued throughout the season - Benji Marshall out for eleven rounds, Brett Hodgson out for seven rounds with a fractured cheek, and Todd Payten, Paul Whatuira and Bryce Gibbs all missing several games.

After spending sixteen rounds in the top eight, the Tigers dropped down to ninth position when they lost to the South Sydney Rabbitohs in round 24. Facing the Newcastle Knights (a team desperate to avoid the wooden spoon in their own horror season) in the last match of the regular season, the Tigers needed to win and then hope the Broncos lost to the Eels to regain a position in the eight. Although they led twice in the game by a margin of twelve points, the Tigers' finished an inconsistent season on a disappointing loss to the Knights, 24–26 at Telstra Stadium, and in 9th position on the ladder.

2007 Season results

2007 Season ladder

2007 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 21 0 3 1 627 277 +350 44
2 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 18 0 6 1 597 377 +220 38
3 North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 1 547 618 −71 32
4 New Zealand Warriors 24 13 1 10 1 593 434 +159 29
5 Parramatta Eels 24 13 0 11 1 573 481 +92 28
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 0 12 1 575 528 +47 26
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 1 408 399 +9 26
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 11 0 13 1 511 476 +35 24
9 Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 1 541 561 −20 24
10 Sydney Roosters 24 10 1 13 1 445 610 −165 23
11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 10 0 14 1 463 403 +60 22
12 Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 1 409 559 −150 22
13 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 9 0 15 1 431 509 −78 20
14 Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 1 522 650 −128 20
15 Newcastle Knights 24 9 0 15 1 418 708 −290 20
16 Penrith Panthers 24 8 0 16 1 539 607 −68 18

Players Used

As at 22 July 2007:

No. Position Player

Brett Hodgson (captain) – FB Shannon McDonnell – FB Shannon Gallant – FB (Debut: Round 19) Daniel Fitzhenry – WG Jason Moodie – WG Beau Ryan – WG (Debut: Round 16) Taniela Tuiaki – WG Chris Lawrence – CE Dean Collis – CE Paul Whatuira – CE Danny Galea – CE (Debut: Round 8) Benji Marshall – FE John Morris – HB (Debut: Round 1)

No. Position Player

Bryce Gibbs – PR Ryan O'Hara – PR Todd Payten – PR Jarrod Saffy – PR Robbie Farah – HK Stuart Flanagan – HK Keith Galloway – SR Dene Halatau – SR Bronson Harrison – SR Ben Te'o – SR (Debut: Round 9) Liam Fulton – LK Ben Galea – LK Chris Heighington – LK

Gains and losses

2007 Player Movements[4]
Gains Losses
Player Previous Club Player New Club
John Morris Parramatta Eels Jamahl Lolesi Huddersfield Giants
Peter Lewis Parramatta Eels John Skandalis Huddersfield Giants
Danny Galea Penrith Panthers Shane Elford Huddersfield Giants
Tom Haberecht St. George Illawarra Dragons Anthony Laffranchi Gold Coast Titans
Luke Harlen Cronulla Sharks Scott Prince Gold Coast Titans
Jason Moodie Cessnock Sam Harris NSW Waratahs
Michael Crockett New Zealand Warriors
Isaac de Gois Cronulla Sharks
Rangi Chase St. George Illawarra Dragons

References

  1. ^ "Rugby League Tables". Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
  2. ^ "Wests Tigers 2007 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
  3. ^ "Fox Sports Wests Tigers 2007 Results". foxsports.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
  4. ^ "Wests Tigers factbox". AAP Sports News (Australia). 2007-02-26. Archived from the original (Fee required) on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
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