A TIGERS TRAINER
THE Messiah is returning to the Wests Tigers with Tim Sheens inking a $1m deal in a bid to revive the club he steered to an inaugural title.
Sheens has agreed to a three-year deal to return as director of football, presiding over the front office to help coach Michael Maguire.
If anyone understands the DNA of the joint-venture club it is Sheens, who constructed the roster, headlined by Benji Marshall and Scott Prince, that delivered the Wests Tigers’ maiden title in 2005.
Now 70, Sheens is back to spearhead a new era for the Tigers following a politically charged 2021 campaign that almost led to the sacking of Maguire as part of an endof-season internal review.
Maguire somehow defied the odds to keep his job.
Currently in quarantine in England, where he served at Salford and Widnes, Sheens is poised to return to Australia within seven days.
The deal caps a Concord resurrection for Sheens, who is enshrined as the Wests Tigers’ most successful coach after his decade-long stint between 2003-12.
The club has also been conducting interviews with potential assistant coaches. Former Cronulla premiership winner Shane Flanagan and ex-sydney Roosters assistant Nathan Cayless are among them.