NSW Premier Chris Minns may have just signed the death notice for beloved suburban NRL ground Leichhardt Oval.
The famous old ground has been in the headlines since the underdog Wests Tigers’ stirring victory over the Sharks last Saturday night.
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It was a celebratory night for coach and club great Benji Marshall and the joint-venture club in front of a packed crowd in Sydney’s inner west.
But it also turned a blowtorch onto the troubles besetting the dilapidated stadium, which is considered below NRL standard and in desperate need of an upgrade.
Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson said after the win on the weekend the club would be forced to end its links with the ground first opened in 1934 if its and the local council’s plea...
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