Round 25 of the Telstra NRL premiership saw the Wests Tigers return to Leichhardt Oval for their final home match of 2010 to take on the salary cap cheating Melbourne Storm. The Tigers were playing for a top 2 finish while the Storm were playing for pride only. Coming off the back of an impressive 20-18 win over the Eels last week, the Tigers entered this match boosted by the return of specialist fullback Wade McKinnon, however this was tempered by the loss of backrower Liam Fulton who was ruled out with a bad cork and replaced by the man who boasts arguably the best 6-pack in the NRL, Mark Flanagan who moved to the bench with Simon Dwyer promoted to the starting side. The Storm were also dealt a big blow, losing 5/8 Brett Finch to a hand injury, strike centre Greg Inglis and damaging backrower/centre Sika Manu.

Greeted with perfect sunny conditions and a full house at Leichhardt, just how would the Tigers go about their business today?

Round 15 of the Telstra NRL premiership saw the Wests Tigers return to Leichhardt Oval for the first time this season. Greeted with a perfectly sunny Sunday afternoon, a huge crowd was on hand to see the Tigers take on the Green Machine in their second clash this season. The first clash saw the Tigers overhaul a big first half deficit to mow down the Raiders in the second half in a very entertaining game. Tigers fans would be hoping the Tigers could put their foot down early and not let up against the big Raiders pack.

The Tigers entered this match welcoming back Blake Ayshford, Keith Galloway and Daniel Fitzhenry from injury while Wade McKinnon made his debut in Wests Tigers colours at fullback. The Raiders welcomed back origin players Joel Monaghan, David Shillington and Tom Leahroyd-Lars in a big boost for their side. So how did today’s match unfold?

Round 13 of the Telstra NRL premiership saw the Wests Tigers travel to ANZ Stadium at Homebush to take on the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs for the second time this season. Round 1 resulted in a comprehensive 24-4 win to the Bulldogs as an injury depleted Tigers side fumbled and bumbled their way through the game to end a 4 match winning streak. Fast forward to round 13 and the Tigers were sitting in 6th spot on the competition table while the Bulldogs had lost their last 4 games in a row and were languishing in 13th position and under all sorts of pressure.

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Round 11 of the Telstra NRL premiership saw the Wests Tigers travel to Newcastle on the back of a short turnaround to take on the Newcastle Knights in a must-win clash with both sides currently out of the top 8. Newcastle entered the match coming off a strong win against the Sydney Roosters while the Tigers preparation was anything but smooth, coming off the back of what can only be described as a “heartless” 50-10 flogging at the hands of arch-rivals South Sydney last Sunday. Neither side was at full strength for this match, with the Tigers losing Blake Ayshford and Liam Fulton against Souths to join Keith Galloway, Tim Moltzen and Taniela Tuiaki on the sidelines.

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Round 7 of the Telstra NRL Premiership saw the Wests Tigers travel to their biggest hoodoo ground – CUA Stadium to take on arch-rivals, and bogey team, the Penrith Panthers. Both sides were locked on 8 competition points entering this match, however the Panthers were arguably in better form coming off 3 straight wins while the Tigers were hurting after coming off a 24-4 loss to the Bulldogs and facing several injury concerns, particularly over captain Robbie Farah who tore the medial ligament in his elbow against the Bulldogs. The Tigers did welcome back prop Keith Galloway while the Panthers were at full strength.

The Sydney Morning Herald today dedicated a two page spread to Benji Marshall. Journalist Glenn Jackson spent time with Benji as he returned to New Zealand for a family event to celebrate the life of his man that he used to call "Dad". The feature articles also included some revealing insights into the new season.

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Josh Rakic-SMH | October 11, 2009

New Zealand skipper Benji Marshall has sent an ominous warning to Tigers teammate Robbie Farah as the two prepare to face off against each other for the first time in their careers: friendship means nothing.

Farah is all but set to make his international debut after being selected in Tim Sheens's touring squad for this month's Four Nations. But Marshall told The Sun-Herald should the two meet he'll be doing everything in his power to make sure his club captain's experience is just as painful as his ill-fated State of Origin II match for the Blues this year.