November 6, 2026 — 7:30pm

The NRL may consider stepping in and potentially even taking the Wests Tigers’ licence off their controversy-plagued owners after fresh board chaos this week.

The Holman Barnes Group, the Tigers’ majority stakeholder, is again in turmoil after chief executive Daniel Paton stood down pending an investigation in mysterious circumstances.

Daniel Paton, chief executive of the Holman Barnes Group, was abruptly stood down at a board meeting on Wednesday night.

Paton, who is a Tigers director, was abruptly placed on leave following an emergency board meeting at the club’s Wests Ashfield base on Wednesday night.

It’s understood Paton was made to wait in the corridor outside the meeting room as HBG chairman Dennis Burgess arrived with a lawyer and told fellow board members that allegations had been made against the CEO.

The claims were not shared in the meeting, leading two HBG directors to abstain from a vote to stand Paton aside.…