Pat Richards Wests Tigers Rejoins Benji Marshall’s Staff

Pat Richards Wests Tigers is back together again, and this time the former winger returns as a senior manager. He will work closely with Benji Marshall as the club adds another 2005 premiership figure to its football structure.

Richards and Marshall

Richards’ return gives Wests Tigers a familiar voice from one of the club’s defining eras. His name is tied to the 2005 premiership, when he scored 20 tries in 28 games and played a key part in the title run.

Marshall is already in place as coach, and Richards joins a group that also includes John Skandalis, Brett Hodgson and Chris Heighington in club roles. That keeps the club leaning on figures who know its standards from inside the dressing room, not from the outside looking in.

Richards’ Wests Tigers Record

Across his career, Richards played 384 matches in the NRL and Super League, scored 242 tries and finished with over 3000 points over 16 years. He also played for Wigan Warriors, Catalans Dragons and the Parramatta Eels, but his strongest connection remains the two spells at Wests Tigers.

He rejoined the club in 2014 on a two-year deal, then added 43 more games and 342 points in that return stint. His last Wests Tigers appearance came in the 2020 Nines tournament in Perth, which makes this move a fresh step back into the club’s day-to-day football operation rather than another short reunion.

Wests Tigers Football Structure

The practical change is simple: Richards is now part of the management group around Marshall, not just a former player around the club. For Wests Tigers, that means another senior figure with direct premiership-era experience is in the room as the club continues to build around its old names.