On Saturday night, Ivan Cleary came face-to-face with the fans he walked out on for the first time since his acrimonious departure from the Wests Tigers at the end of 2018, and the rendezvous didn't disappoint | SMHsport
came face-to-face with the fans he walked out on for the first time since his acrimonious departure from the Wests Tigers at the end of 2018, and the rendezvous didn't disappoint.
It wasn't quite what he would've experienced had last night's match been played at Leichhardt Oval, but Cleary got a reminder of just how much his departure scarred the Tigers, and in particular one irate fan who expressed his dismay through the glass of the Bankwest Stadium coaches box., a former Fox Sports News producer, was at the match with his son and had been into Cleary for 80 minutes about the way he exited the Tigers.
"Was fed up. That ref was pathetic, the rub of the green went against us and I just really hate him and how he shafted us last season. Don't get me started on his son."contacted him on Sunday afternoon but wasn't impressed with the ex-Tigers coach's actions.
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