2007 Wests Tigers season

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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.

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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
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2421031627277+35044
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2418061597377+22038
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2415091547618−7132
4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24131101593434+15929
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24130111573481+9228
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24120121575528+4726
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24120121408399+926
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110131511476+3524
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110131541561−2024
10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24101131445610−16523
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24100141463403+6022
12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24100141409559−15022
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2490151431509−7820
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490151522650−12820
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151418708−29020
16 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2480161539607−6818

Players Used

As at 22 July 2007:

No.PositionPlayer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB Brett Hodgson (captain)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB Shannon McDonnell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB Shannon Gallant (Debut: Round 19)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Daniel Fitzhenry
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Jason Moodie
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Beau Ryan (Debut: Round 16)
Flag of Tonga.svg WG Taniela Tuiaki
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Chris Lawrence
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Dean Collis
Flag of New Zealand.svg CE Paul Whatuira
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Danny Galea (Debut: Round 8)
Flag of New Zealand.svg FE Benji Marshall
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HB John Morris (Debut: Round 1)
No.PositionPlayer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Bryce Gibbs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Ryan O'Hara
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Todd Payten
Flag of South Africa.svg PR Jarrod Saffy
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HK Robbie Farah
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HK Stuart Flanagan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Keith Galloway
Flag of New Zealand.svg SR Dene Halatau
Flag of New Zealand.svg SR Bronson Harrison
Flag of Samoa.svg SR Ben Te'o (Debut: Round 9)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg LK Liam Fulton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg LK Ben Galea
Flag of Australia (converted).svg LK Chris Heighington

Gains and losses

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