What it would take for Wiggles star to buy Tigers

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Blue Wiggle Anthony Field has conceded the thought of buying the Wests Tigers and returning Balmain to the contention arsenic a azygous entity is small much than a dream.

Reports emerged connected Thursday greeting that Field, a fanatical Tigers fan, wanted to acquisition the licence and divided the associated task backmost into the 2 archetypal clubs, with Balmain returning to its spiritual location astatine Leichhardt Oval.

Speaking connected Nine's Today, Field said the proposition came retired of a agelong luncheon with 3 Balmain legends.

"It's a full dream, I was astatine a luncheon with Benny (Elias), with Blocker (Steve Roach) and with Sirro (Paul Sironen) and the ambiance was flowing and it conscionable became a question, 'What would you bash if you won the lottery?'," Field explained.

"I said, 'I'd bring the Balmain Tigers back'

"That's wherever it came from. It is simply a batch of fun. If I bash triumph the Italian lottery, and I consciousness similar I person a chance, I volition bargain the Tiges and fto them spell their abstracted ways [and] bring backmost Balmain Leagues."

Anthony Field concedes his program to bargain the Wests Tigers is small much than "a dream". (Today Extra)

Field, who is the lone archetypal subordinate of the Wiggles inactive performing, is besides a shareholder successful the company, with immoderate estimates placing his nett worthy astatine astir $20 million.

"I would similar to bring the Balmain Tigers backmost and it's conscionable a imagination and Wests Magpies travel backmost and they spell to Campbelltown and the Balmain boys travel backmost to Leichhardt and the Balmain women too," helium said.

"The Tigers spell backmost to their home. We get a leagues club. We go frenemies with Wests again and the satellite is backmost to normal."

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Private ownership is thing caller successful the NRL, with Russell Crowe having been progressive with Souths for astir 2 decades, acquisition that Field said helium would pat into if the accidental ever arose.

"Rusty's done truly good with Souths and based connected the contented of the club, I emotion what he's done," Field said.

"George Piggins, keeping the Rabbits backmost successful the comp each those years ago, I would beryllium connected the telephone to Rusty consecutive away."

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