2023 Wests Tigers season
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NRL Rank17th (Wooden spooners)
Play-off resultDNQ
2023 recordWins: 4; losses: 20
Points scoredFor: 385; against: 675
| 2023 Wests Tigers season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL Rank | 17th (Wooden spooners) | |||
| Play-off result | DNQ | |||
| 2023 record | Wins: 4; losses: 20 | |||
| Points scored | For: 385; against: 675 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Justin Pascoe | |||
| Head Coach | Tim Sheen | |||
| Captain |
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| Stadium | CommBank Stadium (30,000 – 2 Games) Leichhardt Oval (20,000 – 3 Games) Campbelltown Stadium (17,500 – 3 Games) | |||
| Avg. attendance | 12,994 | |||
| High attendance | 28,611 (Round 6) | |||
| Low attendance | 12,247 (Round 12) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Starford To'a (7) | |||
| Goals | Brandon Wakeham(30) | |||
| Points | Brandon Wakeham (68) | |||
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The 2023 Wests Tigers season was the 24th in the club's history. They competed in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. Head coach Tim Sheens returned to the role following his appointment in July 2022.[1] Sheens had previously coached the club from 2003 to 2012. Joining Sheens as assistant coaches were former West Tigers players Benji Marshall and Robbie Farah.
The West Tigers became wooden spooners for the second year in a row, which was their second spoon in club history.
- Pre-Season Challenge – The club would begin the season poorly, suffering a heavy defeat in the first trial match against the New Zealand Warriors in Auckland.[2][3] However they would bounce back against the Canberra Raiders in the second trial match to win 36–4 in hot conditions at the Belmore Sports Ground,[4] with coach Tim Sheens happy with his team's defence.[5][6]
- Round 9 – Wests Tigers end a 273 day, 12-match losing streak stretching back into last season, upsetting reigning champions Penrith Panthers 12–8 in torrential rain at Carrington Park in Bathurst.[7][8][9]
- Round 16 – Alex Twal scores his first NRL try after 116 matches for the Wests Tigers, ending one of the longest try-less streaks in competition history. Twal's try was the Tigers only four-pointer in the 28–6 loss to the Melbourne Storm.[10][11]
2023 squad
Player movement
These movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.[12]
