'John can add starch'- Bateman leaves Tigers as rival club pounces

John Bateman wont play for the Wests Tigers again and will instead join the North Queensland Cowboys for the next two seasons. The Englishman had 2025 and 2026 to run on his deal at Concord but media speculation had swirled about a rift between the forward and Wests coach Benji Marshall, despite the former playmaker []