Rock Hopper Steve
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OFFICIAL Lachlan Galvin #277
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Buttface
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3 spoons, most just pity.
They remind me of Mbye - no thanks
TigerTone
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i actually think they hold his nappies in place.
It's funny how Parramatta and the players they have in their KOE side gets no commentary from anyone anywhere. Meanwhile tigers are bullies lol
Benji Marshall has declared he is “sick of talking about” the Lachlan Galvin saga, while refusing to explain why he recalled the wantaway Tigers playmaker just a week after dropping him.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday ahead of Sunday’s Leichhardt Oval game against Cronulla, Marshall was first asked why Galvin was back in the team and offered a generic response.
“I’m sick of talking about that,” Marshall said.
“I said it every week. I’ll pick the team that I think is best. We’ve moved on. Focusing on the game this week. We’ve just got to get the win.”
Naturally, Marshall was then pressed on the fact the circumstances are different with Galvin’s selection but the Tigers coach was having none of that, replying: “It’s not. It doesn’t matter.”
“Everyone wants to know why I picked the team — you don’t need to know why,” he added.
“I picked the team that I think is best for us this week, and we’ll go with that.”
When a reporter said he was asking on behalf of Tigers fans who would want to know more specifics, Marshall once again shut down the line of questioning.
“You don’t need to ask,” he said.
“I just told you. I picked the team that I think is best for this week.”
With that in mind, Marshall was later asked what it was about Galvin in particular that made him the best option for the Tigers, who ran out with Adam Doueihi in the halves on Monday.
“We’re excited. Obviously combination-wise with the spine, that will be good this week,” Marshall said.
“But we just want him to play his natural game, as we do for everyone else.
“Last week, with all the distractions and the ups and downs of what happened, everyone can just chill now and just play.”
When pressed on the reaction to his decision to bring Galvin back into the NRL so soon, Marshall asked: “Why would I care what people say?”.
It has been a tense fortnight for Marshall, who obviously enjoyed a stellar playing career but is still relatively new to the world of NRL coaching.
“It’s part of the job... you ask about what I’ve learned there’s a lot to take away from the last two weeks. It’s a constant learning curve as a coach,” the 40-year-old said.
“You’ve got to keep growing and learning... but the focus is not on me, it’s on tomorrow.”
That seems to have been a focus at Tigers training throughout the week, with Marshall adding that the team is motivated to get up for forward Alex Twal’s 150th game while they are also keen to return to Leichhardt, hopefully in winning fashion.
“We’ve made a real effort to just move on and focus on what we can control now, and that’s playing footy,” Marshall said.
“Yeah, no doubt last week was a big week for everyone. Just move on and get on with our footy and Leichhardt Oval, Anzac Day, big round, Alex Twal’s 150th game.
“There’s a lot for us to celebrate this week. Leichhardt is such a great place to play when you give your fans something to cheer about.”
There have been suggestions Galvin could be booed by the Leichhardt faithful, but Marshall said he expects a “pretty positive” reception for the five-eighth.
“The dust settled a bit since last week, so we’ll just get behind him,” Marshall added.
“He’s in our team. We’re expecting him to do his usual thing and play the way he plays and that’s what we want from him. If he sets up a try early or scores one, that’ll help.
“I think he’s handled it incredibly well, given his age, 19 years old, to go through all this stuff and be so public with everything.
“It’s quite hectic for him, but he handled it really well, went back to reserve grade last week, put in a really good trying performance, tried really hard, had a really good attitude.
“We want him to do that for us tomorrow.”
www.foxsports.com.au
Speaking to reporters on Saturday ahead of Sunday’s Leichhardt Oval game against Cronulla, Marshall was first asked why Galvin was back in the team and offered a generic response.
“I’m sick of talking about that,” Marshall said.
“I said it every week. I’ll pick the team that I think is best. We’ve moved on. Focusing on the game this week. We’ve just got to get the win.”
Naturally, Marshall was then pressed on the fact the circumstances are different with Galvin’s selection but the Tigers coach was having none of that, replying: “It’s not. It doesn’t matter.”
“Everyone wants to know why I picked the team — you don’t need to know why,” he added.
“I picked the team that I think is best for us this week, and we’ll go with that.”
When a reporter said he was asking on behalf of Tigers fans who would want to know more specifics, Marshall once again shut down the line of questioning.
“You don’t need to ask,” he said.
“I just told you. I picked the team that I think is best for this week.”
With that in mind, Marshall was later asked what it was about Galvin in particular that made him the best option for the Tigers, who ran out with Adam Doueihi in the halves on Monday.
“We’re excited. Obviously combination-wise with the spine, that will be good this week,” Marshall said.
“But we just want him to play his natural game, as we do for everyone else.
“Last week, with all the distractions and the ups and downs of what happened, everyone can just chill now and just play.”
When pressed on the reaction to his decision to bring Galvin back into the NRL so soon, Marshall asked: “Why would I care what people say?”.
It has been a tense fortnight for Marshall, who obviously enjoyed a stellar playing career but is still relatively new to the world of NRL coaching.
“It’s part of the job... you ask about what I’ve learned there’s a lot to take away from the last two weeks. It’s a constant learning curve as a coach,” the 40-year-old said.
“You’ve got to keep growing and learning... but the focus is not on me, it’s on tomorrow.”
That seems to have been a focus at Tigers training throughout the week, with Marshall adding that the team is motivated to get up for forward Alex Twal’s 150th game while they are also keen to return to Leichhardt, hopefully in winning fashion.
“We’ve made a real effort to just move on and focus on what we can control now, and that’s playing footy,” Marshall said.
“Yeah, no doubt last week was a big week for everyone. Just move on and get on with our footy and Leichhardt Oval, Anzac Day, big round, Alex Twal’s 150th game.
“There’s a lot for us to celebrate this week. Leichhardt is such a great place to play when you give your fans something to cheer about.”
There have been suggestions Galvin could be booed by the Leichhardt faithful, but Marshall said he expects a “pretty positive” reception for the five-eighth.
“The dust settled a bit since last week, so we’ll just get behind him,” Marshall added.
“He’s in our team. We’re expecting him to do his usual thing and play the way he plays and that’s what we want from him. If he sets up a try early or scores one, that’ll help.
“I think he’s handled it incredibly well, given his age, 19 years old, to go through all this stuff and be so public with everything.
“It’s quite hectic for him, but he handled it really well, went back to reserve grade last week, put in a really good trying performance, tried really hard, had a really good attitude.
“We want him to do that for us tomorrow.”
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AmericanHistoryX
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What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger.
Don’t think Moses played at Hill’s Bulls
innsaneink
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Yeh i might be thinking of ryan paps
Im pretty sure the majority of.moses weekend footy was parra district somewhere....might be wrong
Even before Lachlan Galvin, Benji Marshall, the lawyers and all their not-so merry men, Tiger Town was already one of the most fascinating watches of the season.
Marshall’s coaching of a new playmaking spine in a team that’s picked up three wooden spoons in a row was pass-the-popcorn stuff.
It still is. For all the wrong reasons, and a couple of right ones as well.
In terms of pure X’s and O’s, Marshall the young coach bears similarities to young Marshall the young player when the Tigers have the ball.
On April 1, 2024, (after Galvin and his management had already made release requests), the Herald ran a double-page spread titled “Marshall and the apprentice: how would Benji coach his 19-year-old self?”
Stressing that the comparison was not between Marshall and Galvin as players, but the free-wheeling ideology both teen sensations brought, the Tigers coach sounded a lot like Tim Sheens circa 2005.
“The one thing we like about [Galvin] is he just plays footy, and he plays what he sees,” Marshall said.
“So you’ve got to try and not put too much emphasis on making mistakes or trying to take away what he does well. I just tell him to go and play what he sees and don’t think too much.
“Whatever is your first instinct is the right instinct for him.”
The Tigers have rightly prioritised defence since. Across the first month of 2025, it came on in leaps and bounds, as they conceded just 14 points a game.
Recent blowout losses to Brisbane and Parramatta have presented the same wobbles of years past. Two post-half-time tries in three minutes against the Broncos, and three in seven minutes against the Eels were the stuff of a wooden spoon side.
But Marshall wasn’t wrong in celebrating the defensive grit of a 20-4 win over Newcastle in between in the kind of game the Tigers would have previously found a way to lose.
Nor was Brad Fittler, hardly a conservative during his NSW and Roosters tenures, when he points to the Tigers’ growing defensive resolve as a team playing for their coach.
With ball in hand and a spine still coming together, the Tigers have most resembled a young Marshall.
They are at their best in ad-lib situations, rolling from offloads and quick play-the-balls from Terrell May and Fonua Pole. Galvin and Jarome Luai thrive on the chaos.
Their structured play has been a struggle at times. This was particularly the case without Galvin against the Eels, which hardly surprises, given the 19-year-old is one of the most involved playmakers in the game.
Galvin’s average of almost 57 touches per game is up on the 52 he averaged last season and it ranks him fifth in the NRL when regular dummy-halves are excluded.
The dynamic between him and Luai (48.5 receipts per game) intrigues given they have both almost exclusively played their whole careers on the left edge.
Marshall pointed this out after the Knights win two weeks ago, and notably some of Galvin’s best moments this year have come when he has worked his way to the right edge.
Galvin’s right-foot step naturally sees him straighten the Tigers’ attack in that role, whereas on the left it can lead to him and his teammates drifting sideways for easy defensive pickings.
It’s an issue Luai has wrestled with as well throughout his time at Penrith (not to mention a budding Benji as well).
Luai’s footwork is among the most dangerous in the game when applied with forward momentum but it can frustrate when he tries to skip to a defender’s outside too often.
Marshall described the Tigers attack as “average” in the Newcastle win, but there were above-average moments as well, including when Galvin and Jahream Bula both popped up on the right for scoring plays.
As noted in commentary of the Tigers first try, a cry of “he’s back, he’s back” rings out on the last tackle as winger Greg Marzhew’s retreat for the expected kick is picked up. Galvin duly goes to the line, draws two defenders by straightening, only slightly, and simple hands send Sunia Turuva over.
Bula’s grubber and regather for himself later in the half came from similar cues being noticed in the defence. Andrew Johns questioned Kalyn Ponga’s positioning as fullback afterwards.
Both plays speak to the instincts Marshall spoke of a year ago, and instances where the Tigers worked their way into position to take full advantage.
As the Tigers are painfully aware, Galvin’s manager Isaac Moses has no less than a dossier of issues with Marshall’s coaching, as well as gripes that extend beyond his handling of the prodigious teen.
The Tigers erratic but improving efforts to structure their attack under Marshall might also feature in Galvin’s apparent lack of faith in the coach.
It might all be rubbish, too, though the answer, as it so often is in rugby league, is probably somewhere in the middle.
The whole thing still makes for a fascinating watch. And an even more galling one for long-suffering Tigers fans, given the promise Benji Ball holds with Galvin as its focal point. Right up until he leaves.
‘Benji Ball’ is apparently why Galvin wants out of Wests Tigers. What is it?
The club’s improving attack has made their wantaway teen prodigy a focal point in the same way Marshall approached the game 20 years ago.
426Tlgerland
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Galvin to Eels or Dogs
Apparently dogs getting ready to make a big play for Galvin for 2026. But Eels still favourites for him .maybe why Sexton not re signed yet .
Apparently dogs getting ready to make a big play for Galvin for 2026. But Eels still favourites for him .maybe why Sexton not re signed yet .
Talk about an opinion piece. There is nothing in this.Even before Lachlan Galvin, Benji Marshall, the lawyers and all their not-so merry men, Tiger Town was already one of the most fascinating watches of the season.
Marshall’s coaching of a new playmaking spine in a team that’s picked up three wooden spoons in a row was pass-the-popcorn stuff.
It still is. For all the wrong reasons, and a couple of right ones as well.
In terms of pure X’s and O’s, Marshall the young coach bears similarities to young Marshall the young player when the Tigers have the ball.
On April 1, 2024, (after Galvin and his management had already made release requests), the Herald ran a double-page spread titled “Marshall and the apprentice: how would Benji coach his 19-year-old self?”
Stressing that the comparison was not between Marshall and Galvin as players, but the free-wheeling ideology both teen sensations brought, the Tigers coach sounded a lot like Tim Sheens circa 2005.
“The one thing we like about [Galvin] is he just plays footy, and he plays what he sees,” Marshall said.
“So you’ve got to try and not put too much emphasis on making mistakes or trying to take away what he does well. I just tell him to go and play what he sees and don’t think too much.
“Whatever is your first instinct is the right instinct for him.”
The Tigers have rightly prioritised defence since. Across the first month of 2025, it came on in leaps and bounds, as they conceded just 14 points a game.
Recent blowout losses to Brisbane and Parramatta have presented the same wobbles of years past. Two post-half-time tries in three minutes against the Broncos, and three in seven minutes against the Eels were the stuff of a wooden spoon side.
But Marshall wasn’t wrong in celebrating the defensive grit of a 20-4 win over Newcastle in between in the kind of game the Tigers would have previously found a way to lose.
Nor was Brad Fittler, hardly a conservative during his NSW and Roosters tenures, when he points to the Tigers’ growing defensive resolve as a team playing for their coach.
With ball in hand and a spine still coming together, the Tigers have most resembled a young Marshall.
They are at their best in ad-lib situations, rolling from offloads and quick play-the-balls from Terrell May and Fonua Pole. Galvin and Jarome Luai thrive on the chaos.
Their structured play has been a struggle at times. This was particularly the case without Galvin against the Eels, which hardly surprises, given the 19-year-old is one of the most involved playmakers in the game.
Galvin’s average of almost 57 touches per game is up on the 52 he averaged last season and it ranks him fifth in the NRL when regular dummy-halves are excluded.
The dynamic between him and Luai (48.5 receipts per game) intrigues given they have both almost exclusively played their whole careers on the left edge.
Marshall pointed this out after the Knights win two weeks ago, and notably some of Galvin’s best moments this year have come when he has worked his way to the right edge.
Galvin’s right-foot step naturally sees him straighten the Tigers’ attack in that role, whereas on the left it can lead to him and his teammates drifting sideways for easy defensive pickings.
It’s an issue Luai has wrestled with as well throughout his time at Penrith (not to mention a budding Benji as well).
Luai’s footwork is among the most dangerous in the game when applied with forward momentum but it can frustrate when he tries to skip to a defender’s outside too often.
Marshall described the Tigers attack as “average” in the Newcastle win, but there were above-average moments as well, including when Galvin and Jahream Bula both popped up on the right for scoring plays.
As noted in commentary of the Tigers first try, a cry of “he’s back, he’s back” rings out on the last tackle as winger Greg Marzhew’s retreat for the expected kick is picked up. Galvin duly goes to the line, draws two defenders by straightening, only slightly, and simple hands send Sunia Turuva over.
Bula’s grubber and regather for himself later in the half came from similar cues being noticed in the defence. Andrew Johns questioned Kalyn Ponga’s positioning as fullback afterwards.
Both plays speak to the instincts Marshall spoke of a year ago, and instances where the Tigers worked their way into position to take full advantage.
As the Tigers are painfully aware, Galvin’s manager Isaac Moses has no less than a dossier of issues with Marshall’s coaching, as well as gripes that extend beyond his handling of the prodigious teen.
The Tigers erratic but improving efforts to structure their attack under Marshall might also feature in Galvin’s apparent lack of faith in the coach.
It might all be rubbish, too, though the answer, as it so often is in rugby league, is probably somewhere in the middle.
The whole thing still makes for a fascinating watch. And an even more galling one for long-suffering Tigers fans, given the promise Benji Ball holds with Galvin as its focal point. Right up until he leaves.
‘Benji Ball’ is apparently why Galvin wants out of Wests Tigers. What is it?
The club’s improving attack has made their wantaway teen prodigy a focal point in the same way Marshall approached the game 20 years ago.www.smh.com.au
Cheers for posting.
Bulldogs ruled themselves out already
Red88_Tiger
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While they ruled themselves out in the heat of the crisis they will have no problem sticking their hand up after it’s settled down
426Tlgerland
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I seen something written yesterday , il try find it but I would not rule Gould out at all he is a sneaky bloke who will say whatever and then just do the opposite , Galvin in that team would be no issue , il have a look and find the small article
Gould talks like he thinks everyone believes what comes out of his mouth. No doubt Parra is in the box seat but nothing is official until after Nov 1 or until we release him and Gould has been in this up to his eyeballs the whole way and I have no doubt still is.
I find it really hard to understand why he would want to go to the eels who are almost on the bottom of the comp- with a rookie coach -in my opinion LG is being manipulated and advised poorly.!!
twentyforty
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The ideal scenario would unfold if Kikau who is signed for 26, wanted to come to Tigers.
No Kikau is the the downward trajectory , my bulldogs mates would be happy to let him go. He comes to tiger will be just a pay check and like the other experienced guys who were flops
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