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No wonder he left!
OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277 *Released* Career Discussion.
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No wonder he left!
This article will apply to Bula.Interesting perspective from the Canberra Times this morning on Issac Moses and Galvin having suffered Moses previously.
Holy Moses: The cautionary tale of John Bateman and the Raiders
Lachlan Galvin and John Bateman are both in Isaac Moses' camp.www.canberratimes.com.au
Holy Moses: The cautionary tale of John Bateman and the Raiders
There's a reason the Canberra Raiders don't have any Isaac Moses players in their squad.
You need only look at the circus surrounding Lachlan Galvin's messy exit from the Wests Tigers and subsequent move to the Canterbury Bulldogs for a reminder.
Sure, Galvin's talented, but having witnessed the half kicking stones around the Tigers' Concord training base for what feels like months would you really want to bring that into your club?
Good luck to the Bulldogs.
In contrast, look at Raiders young gun Ethan Strange - another talented young playmaker. The only drama he looks like causing is if you're an opponent and he's trying to tackle you. Then, look out. Otherwise, all he talks about is hard work, repaying the faith and doing what's best for the team.
But it wasn't that long ago the Raiders did have players who had Moses as their player manager. John Bateman was one of them. And a look at how his career has unfolded since his move to Canberra is a cautionary tale for Canterbury.
Bateman joined the Green Machine on a two-year deal, with an option for a third, back in 2019. He played an important role in the Raiders' charge to the NRL grand final, getting named Dally M second-rower of the year in the process.
It was a stunning first season in the NRL since moving to Canberra from Wigan. Bateman also changed managers during the season, joining Moses' stable. The England international dropped a bombshell during grand-final week, demanding more money and threatening to quit the club, despite having not even finished the first season of a two-year deal.
You see, because he'd signed his Raiders contract while Englishman Andy Clarke was his player manager then it was Clarke who would receive commission for the duration of that deal. Moses needed Bateman to sign a new deal before he'd earn anything.
On June 30, 2020, Canberra announced Bateman would leave the club at the end of the season and he returned to Wigan. Voila.
He moved to the Tigers in 2023 and then joined his current club, North Queensland, for the 2025-26 seasons - after a loan spell with Warrington. The now 31-year-old still hasn't replicated the heights of his Raiders 2019 campaign, prompting thoughts of what could have been if only he'd stayed in lime green. And with Clarke.
Canberra had one other Moses player during that time - Bateman's fellow Englishman Josh Hodgson - who the controversial agent also recruited after he moved to the capital. There's a feeling the end to his time in lime green was hastened by having Moses as his manager.
Remember that weird saga when Hodgson stepped down as co-captain? It was never really explained. There hasn't been a Moses player with the Raiders since. Which brings us back to Galvin.
After orchestrating his release from Wests with a combination of refusing a contract extension, kicking stones and accusations of bullying, he's set to join the high-flying Bulldogs.
No doubt Canterbury supremo Phil Gould will be confident coach Cameron Ciraldo will be able to get the best out of Galvin. But the Bateman saga suggests it might not be that simple. Bateman hasn't seen out a contract since he joined Canberra - leaving the Raiders, Wigan and Wests before his deals were up. Having walked out on one club, it's reasonable to suspect Galvin might do it again.
Didn’t someone mention Moses doesn’t get a cent of his current deal + option?
LeichhardtTiger
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What's the minimum time for an NRL contract to be registered?
Hahah was about to post about that...
How soon before the bullying starts? I wonder where he keeps his notebook.
Hahaha...so much for WTs members first
Hope theyre in breach of something, but I doubt it
Hope theyre in breach of something, but I doubt it
Tired Tiger
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You would think It would have to be done. Big risk injury wise he wouldn't be covered if it's not. Surely they are not that dumb ....
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GNR4LIFE
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Maybe our club doesn’t know he’s already there?
So we tell him to take a few days off whilst his deal is finalised and boy gets bored and just pops his head over at Belmore outa curiosity.
Reminds me of my mate who got a new job during an indefinite suspension period at his previous job.
Tiger-ferret
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shades of kikau
Sully
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He is now Factory seconds.....
If he got a major injury would make things interesting how insurance etc would play out.
Only thing can think of is he has clearance but we are waiting to close out a player coming back.
Otherwise why the hold up and how can he practice?
Isn’t that what happened to Ronald Volkman last year?
That would be nice, but I reckon we will see flying pigs before Wests Tigers ever see a player coming to us in return for one being released.
426Tlgerland
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Maybe he is just taking the piss out of our club due to the clause we wanted , no talking about the exit , so he rocks up before we make our statement that he is now been released to join his new club , puts on the gear and starts to make us look like idiots again, where is Richo with the release and also the new players he told James Graham pod he had signed , we look poor again
Theyll probably wait for 4.50pm this arvo ...10 mins from c.o.b for the week to issue a 3 sentence statement thinking its shrewd timing
tigerballs
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Good name for a footy team, the Flying Pigs....
GNR4LIFE
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The longer the silence comes from our club, the more ridiculous we look. A player that’s still technically contracted to us has been photoed at another club’s training session, in their gear. Hello? Anybody home?
Enmore_Tiger
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Yeah wow. The NRL was become a toxic swamp.
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