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?

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The Wests Tigers have posted comments on their website (this link is now defunct - Wests Tigers have taken it off-line for reasons unknown) claiming that there will be four home games at the traditional venues in 2010.

Since 2005 the Wests Tigers have been playing 6 home games at non-traditional venues, leaving 3 home games for both Leichhardt and Campbelltown. 6 home games were played at Telstra Stadium, then at the  SFS/SCG each season for a reported $100,000 windfall for the club.

This increase in the number of traditional home games will be warmly welcomed by Wests Tigers fans. Traditional home games have been drawing high crowd figures over recent years and with recent Government funded projects to develop the venues, both Leichhardt Oval and Campbelltown Stadium should now be more economically viable as home game venues for the club.

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