Wests Tigers Chairman Lee Hagipantelis has rejected claims that there is an internal leak at the club feeding stories to the media.
The Tigers have a reputation of being an open book and recently, news came out of the club that there was a rift between assistant coach Benji Marshall and head of recruitment Scott Fulton.
Whilst Hagipantelis said that sensitive information should not be leaked to the media, he pointed the finger at players’ partners and managers for revealing club secrets.
“All you can do is reinforce our club policy which addresses all of this,” Hagipantelis said on SEN 1170 Breakfast.
“It prevents the disclosure of any private information and I would hope that (Tigers employees) would adhere to that.
“I don’t think the assumption should be made that the leak is always internal.
“Players speak to their families, to other players and player managers of courts. There are thousands upon thousands of possibilities about how these stories can emanate.
“The sources are numerous and varied but I agree that it is a challenge and it’s a challenge that we continue to battle with.”
Despite recruiting representative players including captain Api Koroisau, David Klemmer, John Bateman and Isaiah Papali’i, the Tigers are on track to claim their second wooden spoon in as many years.
Amid ongoing pressure to stay in his role, Hagipantelis was confident he was the right person to lift the Tigers into a competitive team.
“The last two and a half weeks have been the most strenuous of my tenure,” Hagipantelis added.
“It does make you pause and second guess on whether you actually are making a difference or contributing in any way.
“We had a board meeting on (Monday) night and one of our directors passed a motion of confidence in me that was unanimously passed.
“That was humbling and I was overwhelmed by that.
“Internally, we know we have made a lot of positive changes (and) there is the core of a very good team there.
“We are not far away.”
The last-placed Wests Tigers travel to Wollongong to take on the 16th placed Dragons on Thursday night.