OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.

jirskyr said:
I blame every player for not committing to Tigers long-term, I don't care why, I don't care how sensible or self-interest it is, I despise most all of them.

I hope he joins another club in 2027 and does his ACL 5 years in a row. There is no empathy and understanding in my rugby league world, there is only Tigers winning that is acceptable.
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I’m ready to run through a brick wall for you.
 
Demps said:
Inside story: Why senior figures in the Wests Tigers playing group want Lachlan Galvin released from his contract
Wests Tigers remain staunch in not releasing Lachlan Galvin from his contract despite the playmaker rejecting the club’s $6 million offer - but player power could soon see that narrative shift.
Brent Read
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David Riccio

Lachlan Galvin’s future at the Wests Tigers came to a head at a meeting last Thursday involving chief executive Shane Richardson and Galvin’s agent, Isaac Moses.
The pair, whose relationship has been tenuous at best in recent months, had agreed to sit down to discuss the future of one of the most promising players in the NRL.
Richardson arrived at the meeting ready to finalise a timeline for the Galvin negotiations that would have culminated in him becoming one of the highest paid players in Tigers history - a deal was in the offing believed to be worth in excess of $5 million for five years, including a significant upgrade in the final year of his deal in 2026.
Richardson never got to the point of tabling it or even discussing it. Instead, Moses made it clear from the start of the meeting that the Galvin camp had no interest in hearing what the Tigers had to offer, a position that he reinforced during a phone call on Monday morning.

Galvin’s mind was already made up. He wanted to develop his game at another club and he wanted to see what was on offer on November 1.
So there was no need to discuss a deal or a timeline because the end result would be the same - Galvin would reject the Tigers’ overtures and look elsewhere.
This decision wasn’t about money. If it was, Galvin would be at the Tigers. He would have listened to their offer and likely taken it up given it amounted to a monstrous deal that would have made him one of the highest paid players in the game.
This was about his development and longstanding concerns about his ability to thrive at the Tigers in years to come.
Remembering, it was just over 12 months ago that Galvin had considered leaving the club, only to back away from his pursuit for an early release.
To some, the divorce will seem strange given the way Galvin has taken the NRL by storm over the past year.
The Tigers teenager would have won rookie of the year honours last year but for a suspension that ruled him out of the running – he won the award for his club and from the players union.


HIGH PRAISE FROM GUS
Galvin had some of the biggest names in the game fawning over him. As Galvin was coming to the end of a stellar debut season, Bulldogs head of football Phil Gould labelled the Tigers pivot the best teenager he had seen.
“Lachlan Galvin will earn more money out of rugby league than any player in history,” Gould said on the Six Tackles With Gus podcast in August.

He doubled down earlier this year when he claimed the Tigers and Moses should avoid putting too much pressure on Galvin amid speculation that the Tigers were armed with a multimillion-dollar deal for him.
“It’s brilliant money (but) it puts a lot of pressure and scrutiny on him,” Gould said on the Nine Network.
“He probably shouldn’t be on that money at that age, there is no reason to do that to a young kid. Neither the club or his manager will allow that to happen.
“They aren’t going to allow him to come through the system as he should. It is too much scrutiny.
“Money comes with responsibilities, obligations and expectations — you want to throw it on a kid that young?”
The Tigers opted to ignore Gould’s advice, no doubt wary that there may have been another motive behind it. They had cleared the decks, allowing David Klemmer to leave and successfully arguing for Justin Olam to be medically retired.
That allowed them to piece together a deal that would have included a handsome upgrade for Galvin next year. It was to no avail.

CLUBS LINING UP FOR GALVIN
The Bulldogs are among the clubs who have immediately been linked with Galvin.
Already viewed in many quarters as premiership contenders, Galvin would arm coach Cameron Ciraldo with another classy playmaker to ease the burden on Matt Burton.
Parramatta will take their shot as well – this masthead revealed earlier this year that Galvin was on their hit list after Dylan Brown accepted a monster deal from Newcastle.
The Sydney Roosters and Manly will no doubt also be linked with Galvin given both clubs have work to do in the halves – the Sea Eagles are expected to replace Daly Cherry-Evans with Jamal Fogarty next season while Cherry-Evans looms as a short-term fix at the Roosters.
In the long term, both have work to do.

TIGERS TURN TO LUAI-LATU PARTNERSHIP
Funnily enough, the Tigers are one of the few clubs that can afford to lose a player of Galvin’s ilk and walk away confident they have the players in their system to fill the void.
Jarome Luai is contracted for at least another year, although the club will work overtime to remove the options in the remainder of his deal after that to ensure he sees out of his five year deal.
Behind Galvin, they have Latu Fainu, who is regarded as one of the best young halves in the game. Injuries have stymied his progress but it is understood he has fans at the Tigers, in particular among some of the stronger voices within the playing group.
The Tigers knew they would have to make a call at some point over Fainu, given his path to first grade was blocked by Galvin and Luai.
There were internal concerns that would be forced to cut him loose but Galvin has helped them resolve that issue by declaring his desire to leave at the end of next season.
Fainu will now be the chosen one to play in the halves alongside Luai.

WHEN WILL GALVIN LEAVE?
The Tigers made it official on Monday morning after Richardson informed club powerbrokers of the latest developments and spoke to Moses again.
Word of the breakdown in negotiations had begun filtering out and the decision was made to release a statement confirming that Galvin would be leaving at the end of 2026.
The club insisted he wouldn’t be given an early release, but if you have been in the game long enough, you know how these things work.
The Tigers may well dig in their heels and keep him for another 12 months, but that could change if a deal falls in their favour. Richardson is one of the shrewdest and most experienced operators in the game.
Few know the art of deal like Richardson. Furthermore, how does it help Fainu’s development if he is forced to play second fiddle to Galvin for the next 12 months?
The Tigers may be better served letting Galvin leave and handing a spot in the halves to Fainu, where he can develop into Luai’s long-term partner.
There is a belief in some quarters that senior figures within the playing group.

SPOTLIGHT ON BENJI-GALVIN RELATIONSHIP
The more immediate concern for the Tigers is the impact that Galvin’s decision will have on the club this season.
They have started the year with three wins through the opening six rounds and long-suffering Tigers fans can finally see some blue sky.
They find themselves in seventh spot and a place in the top eight beckons if they can maintain their form – it has been a decade since the club played in the finals.
Galvin’s decision will create ripples through the football club and its coaching department.
The idea that he has concerns over his ability to develop could be seen as a reflection on his relationship with coach Benji Marshall and the rest of the coaching office.

Only last month, this masthead revealed how much influence the coach would have over Galvin’s call and in his second season in charge, Marshall looks to be growing into the coaching role.
On top of that, the Tigers have made a promising start to the season. Yet even that hasn’t been enough to convince their prodigiously-talented five-eighth to stay at the club.
Nor has the promise of millions, the sort of money that could have set Galvin up for the rest of his life.
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More top notch journalism. Headline has nothing to do with the article which has just reworded everything that has been said
 
Gary-Tiger said:
Good form from Richo, calling it early.

Lachlan is a talent but there are other players, shouldn’t pin on one. He is still developing and lots of bad plays for many years until he matures for the money.

Latu, faster of the mark, better defender, and straightens up the play deep in the line. Definitely a better long term half. Just needs the time on the field is 1st grade gal in has had.

To be honest it is stupid that this is happening now and not year. NRL should fix.
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Welcome to the WTF Garry_Tiger

Great first post.
 
Luai is a class act throughout all of this.
The way he's empowered the baby boy, Galvin, in game play, as well as when asked about him by the media.

Suffer fools gladly approach.

He's handled it very well, despite possibly not actually feeling Galvin is worth the hype.

Look at who Luai has shared the field with over the years.... from the best in Cleary to guys like Cogger, Schneider, Peachy? Talagi at Samoa. He knows what works.
 
Bigscreentv said:
Yeah I do. They’ve offered him big money and Moses could make a good commission.

I’m not saying Moses is doing the right thing, but I don’t think he’s deliberately trying to sabotage the tigers. He’s just blindly following his clients requests without asking more questions or having a dialogue with the club. This makes me think a deal is essentially done with another club.
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Not a Moses fan at all, but I would like to know the "expert" who declared to Galvin/Moses that Benji couldn't develop Galvin. Must have been someone influential/experienced.
 
Spartan117 said:
This is all about Money for the Player agent

This is all crap to distract from the above fact.
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I dont think it is, I think Moses doesn’t rate the football club at all. Therefore he poisons the well, telling clients they’d be better offf at another club. Till eventually u start to believe the narrative.
Just my take on what Moses thinks.
I don’t rate galvins father in all this as well. Think he’s the master mind behind most of it!
 
Tucker said:
It’s more on the club than the ‘Galvin cohort’. They are doing the right thing for their client and son.
Richo’s part in this came from allowing Benji to play him so much last year in the way he was played…especially when these rumblings were already occurring. We should have proven to him that development is a real KPI at this club for being selected into such a pivotal role as a spine player who touches the ball so regularly.
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You cant have the CEO dictating to the coach how he should be doing things....i think weve seen what a mess this can create before.
You've already described a scenario why the Galvin camp have such disdain for Benji and the club in how Benji came about his appointment...however that was in the past and things are looking promising a lot more than they were back then.
I doubt any mention of development kpis wouldve made any difference...bringing him along slowly would probably have the opposite effect on one and the family who clearly is used to being #1 in any team hes ever been in...patience and ego dont work well together
 
crazycat said:
Ok so at the Roosters, Moses has an argument with Nick... Banned.

At the Tigers, Moses wrecked our club! Why on earth isn't he banned here?

We see how this ended, we see all the drama behind Galvin.

Heck we see a club, with Marshall who is arguably one of the greatest 5/8ths of the game, with GI running around and who has just hired Jerome Luai. Why would a NRL 5/8 turn that experience down

Lets reach out to Bula now, offer 50K per year to switch agents. Ban Moses and get him off our club.
With his family history, you would think he would show some loyality... or at least not twist daggers into us.

Stuff it, get him off our club before we get another big 4!
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I think weve slowly been workingntowards this through natural attrition...only really Bula left i think and maybe a few juniors

I asked this before why dont every club boycott Isaac Moses...his clients would HAVE to go elsewhere and hes be screwed
 
Last night Buzz actually defended the Tigers, where Brent Read was all for Issac Moses, even though Buzz has been very critical before what he said last night was spot on. This is a tactic for an early release by his manager and player, family would be aware. On the BSB they have said he doesn't feel he will develop under Benji, what rubbish, the coach that not only gave him the opportunity to play, but play the way he likes, not to many coaches do that. There is an underlying club that has made approaches informally, no doubt. I am quite happy for Fainu to progress, injury fee that Kid is a gun.
 
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