OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.

TV Ted Ellery said:
100%. While the senior players' loyalty to Benji is admirable, demanding Galvin's removal will help Galvin to agitate for a release on mental health grounds. We should have dropped him but made it out like we were doing it out of concern for his welfare.
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Hopefully that’s the narrative we get from the club mate.
 
Winston Churchill said:
This^^^

Punish him. Privileged kid still living at home gifted the keys to the club for as many years as he wants and still not enough. Send him to his room without dinner.

He should be forced to play in reggies with zero development on his game for 2 years.
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When he pulls the mental health card - the team is going to need support to fight that crap. Hence I will willing to assist any way I can
 
BAGNF05 said:
Not when he leaves on mental health grounds and makes three times the coin. That’s their goal.
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I was about to ask when was the last time a player left a club on mental health grounds, but Frances Molo says hello. However, it’s not as frequent as people make it out to be.
 
Yossarian said:
I’m not sure how he does that given he’s basically said he doesn’t think the coach is good enough.
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He hasn't... it's the rumours.

But he needs to come out and say he has full faith, no matter if it's a lie so save his own reputation a little bit.
 
TigerVinnie said:
TIGERS MUTINY: Galvin sensationally axed after angry superstar teammates front Benji



Will Galvin be at the Tigers next year? | 03:07

Fox League from Fox Sports

April 15th, 2025 12:46 pm

Lachlan Galvin will be axed for Wests Tigers’ Easter Monday clash against the Eels — and coach Benji Marshall reportedly made the call after demands from senior players, after the young playmaker’s bombshell looming split from the club was revealed.

After Galvin refused to entertain a new $5 million contract and the Tigers announced he would leave after next season, Nine Newspapers and CODE Sports both reported on Tuesday that Galvin would be dropped for the Parramatta game and his No.6 jersey likely given to Adam Doueihi.

CODE now reports that Galvin’s axing came after a player mutiny, with Phil Rothfield writing: “On Monday night the Wests Tigers leadership group, that included Jarome Luai and Api Koroisau, fronted coach Benji Marshall and said they didn’t want Galvin in the team.”

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It remains to be seen if this will impact Wests Tigers’ insistence that Galvin will see out his contract, ending after the 2026 season.

Frustrated Wests Tigers players reportedly may want Galvin released from the club early and potential long-term half Latu Fainu (currently injured) brought into the side permanently, earlier reports said, to put the team and its future first; especially given Galvin’s apparent lack of faith in coach Benji Marshall.



A Nine report has exposed tension between not only Galvin and Marshall, but also superstar teammate Jarome Luai.

It also emerged that fellow young star Fonua Pole liked an Instagram post criticising Galvin.

“Unf---ingbelievable. We give you a shot at first grade and hand you the keys to the franchise with every tool possible around you to succeed cya mate,” said the Instagram post that Pole liked.

“Surely there’s no need to keep him around? Throw Doueihi or Bird at 6 until Latu returns if we’re serious about building and moving forward as a club.”

Lachlan Galvin and Benji Marshall.Source: FOX SPORTS

The Tigers have stated they will not release Galvin early with his deal expiring in November 26, but that could hurt Fainu’s development and may no longer be tenable given the star playmaker’s sudden demotion.

Tigers CEO Shane Richardson would privately be open to releasing Galvin early, provided the Tigers benefit from the deal, which could involve a player swap or a financial incentive like a transfer fee.

Fainu is in the second season of a four-year deal with the Tigers and the 19-year-old has scored three tries in 11 NRL games to date.

The latest development comes after it emerged Galvin doesn’t believe he will develop into the best player possible at the Tigers under Marshall, according to a bombshell report.

The NRL world was rocked on Monday when Fox League’s James Hooper broke the news that Galvin had informed Tigers brass that he will test his value on the open market, thus rejecting a $5 million offer from the club.

Under contract until the end of next season, Galvin can negotiate with rivals from November 1.

The Tigers responded to Hooper’s report with a passive-aggressive press release which read: “We would like to announce that Lachlan Galvin will not be with the club beyond the 2026 season.”

“Despite the club having the largest contract offer for a junior in the history of the club on the table, Lachlan and his management have decided his future lies elsewhere and were not willing to review the offer.”

According to the SMH, money isn’t the main factor behind Galvin’s decision. Coaching is.

The SMH’s Michael Chammas then revealed in a story on Monday afternoon that according to sources, Galvin and his team had doubts over Marshall’s ability to develop him at the club.

'This is Benji's greatest test' | 01:16

In addition, there is animosity between Galvin’s agent Isaac Moses and Marshall. Adding yet another layer, Galvin and Jarome Luai aren’t on the best of terms.

“There is a view internally that Galvin is wary of Marshall’s close relationship with new recruit Jarome Luai,” Chammas reported.

“While Galvin and Luai are civil, they don’t share a close bond and Galvin is understood to have been frustrated by the impact of being asked to play second fiddle to the four-time premiership-winning playmaker.

“Luai also has a high opinion of back-up five-eighth Latu Fainu, who is currently unavailable after undergoing surgery on his thumb last week.”

The same report said: “Some Tigers players have grown concerned at a perceived sense of entitlement from Galvin.”

Marshall had discussed Galvin’s future with him last week, asking the teen sensation if he wanted to remain a Tiger, with Galvin stating he wanted to test the open market rather than wanting to leave.

Galvin has been looking for a way out for some time, but many believed that because of the Tigers’ hot start and successful free agency acquisitions of Jarome Luai, Terrell May and others, that the 19-year-old was coming around to signing a long-term deal with the joint venture club.

Unfortunately for the Tigers’ passionate fanbase, that appears to be a near impossibility now.
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The humane part of me that wants to feel sorry for him and his family for being so stupid and naive as to how this would play out.

When your own players don't want you to play it's time to have a real hard look at yourself.
 
mtd#2 said:
The humane part of me that wants to feel sorry for him and his family for being so stupid and naive as to how this would play out.

When your own players don't want you to play it's time to have a real hard look at yourself.
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Something tells me he himself is a bit naive. He’s 19. Hardly has the world figured out. He was 14, five years ago. There’s no way given his profile that he isn’t being lead by those around him. And they aren’t doing his image any favours. When the player is being perceived as the villain over the club, someone in the players camp has dropped the ball big time.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Not when he leaves on mental health grounds and makes three times the coin. That’s their goal.
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I don't see it happening. No one will pay him 2 mill a year. He won't get released on mental health grounds because he created this situation by bagging his coach. If it's that easy to get out of a contract then they mean nothing.

Hes contracted till the end of 26 and I think Richo will make him see it out, out of principle more than anything else, and I support it.
 
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