Galvin and the Wests Tigers

[NRLandSL]

https://www.zerotackle.com/how-to-burn-a-bridge-the-wests-tigers-guide-to-talent-management-220780/ 

Great Article here on the situation, for those who don’t know Galvin informed the tigers (Numerous times in the past year) he will not be resigning and not to offer him a contract. Instead the tigers offered him a 5 year, 5 milllion dollar deal and then outed him for not signing it. The wests tigers are an absolute joke of a club in every aspect, Turning a 19 year old kid because he respectfully decides he wants to leave. 

[StandOffHalf]

Realistically, he's not going to play alongside a better player than Luai. 

Sad that he wants out.

[NRLandSL]

4 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

Realistically, he's not going to play alongside a better player than Luai. 

Sad that he wants out.

Good chance he goes to Parra, Playing with Moses.

Sure it might sad for some tigers fans but you can understand why especially judging by the tigers response. Who wants to play for a club that is in such a mess as the west tigers. 3 wooden spoons in a row, 5 CEO’s and 4 coaches in a matter of years. And then to have a meltdown and turn against Galvin when he doesn’t sign a contract despite informing the club professionally and well in advance that he has zero interest in staying past the end of his deal in 2026.

Then Dropping him to reserve grade and team mates ganging up on him. It’s hilarious that a 19 year old is more mature, sensible and professional than a whole entire organisation. Shame on Benji Marshall for not defending the kid once and then dropping him.

[StandOffHalf]

1 hour ago, NRLandSL said:

Good chance he goes to Parra, Playing with Moses.

Sure it might sad for some tigers fans but you can understand why especially judging by the tigers response. Who wants to play for a club that is in such a mess as the west tigers. 3 wooden spoons in a row, 5 CEO’s and 4 coaches in a matter of years. And then to have a meltdown and turn against Galvin when he doesn’t sign a contract despite informing the club professionally and well in advance that he has zero interest in staying past the end of his deal in 2026.

Then Dropping him to reserve grade and team mates ganging up on him. It’s hilarious that a 19 year old is more mature, sensible and professional than a whole entire organisation. Shame on Benji Marshall for not defending the kid once and then dropping him.

Apparently Benji had him address the gathered players. It had to be aborted after they didn't react well. Not great to put a 19-year-old up there in the firing line.

Benji and Richardson seem to have wanted to pick him, but bent to the will of other players who didn't want to play alongside him.

I love Moses (his running game is the closest thing to a prime Sam Tomkins in the NRL), but I think Luai is a better player.

[NRLandSL]

20 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

Apparently Benji had him address the gathered players. It had to be aborted after they didn't react well. Not great to put a 19-year-old up there in the firing line.

Benji and Richardson seem to have wanted to pick him, but bent to the will of other players who didn't want to play alongside him.

I love Moses (his running game is the closest thing to a prime Sam Tomkins in the NRL), but I think Luai is a better player.

Benji needs put up some authority and stick with Galvin (both on the field and off it). Him siding with Luai, Turuva and others in dropping him is a horrible look for the club and will likely create a drift in the team as I’m sure Galvin has many supportive teammates. 

Again Galvin has done nothing wrong at all, he has every right to leave the club, not sure why people are making out as if he is ‘Betraying’ the club. He informed the club of decision respectfully and professionally, it was the club who made it public knowledge not him, and they did not have to this early in season. It’s disgusting that Media, Fans and people inside the club are Villainising Galvin, I really didn’t think the Rugby league public in Australia was this naive. 

[StandOffHalf]

5 minutes ago, NRLandSL said:

Benji needs put up some authority and stick with Galvin (both on the field and off it). Him siding with Luai, Turuva and others in dropping him is a horrible look for the club and will likely create a drift in the team as I’m sure Galvin has many supportive teammates. 

Again Galvin has done nothing wrong at all, he has every right to leave the club, not sure why people are making out as if he is ‘Betraying’ the club. He informed the club of decision respectfully and professionally, it was the club who made it public knowledge not him, and they did not have to this early in season. It’s disgusting that Media, Fans and people inside the club are Villainising Galvin, I really didn’t think the Rugby league public in Australia was this naive. 

The media love a good pile-on. Vilifying a 19-year-old for deciding the pasture is greener elsewhere isn't a great look, indeed.

Uncle Gus is waiting to put his arm around him, hehe.

[NRLandSL]

@Sports Prophet

What do you find funny. Do you believe Galvin has done something wrong in deciding to leave the tigers? 

[Sports Prophet]

 

3 hours ago, NRLandSL said:

https://www.zerotackle.com/how-to-burn-a-bridge-the-wests-tigers-guide-to-talent-management-220780/ 

Great Article here on the situation, for those who don’t know Galvin informed the tigers (Numerous times in the past year) he will not be resigning and not to offer him a contract. Instead the tigers offered him a 5 year, 5 milllion dollar deal and then outed him for not signing it. The wests tigers are an absolute joke of a club in every aspect, Turning a 19 year old kid because he respectfully decides he wants to leave. 

I think your assessment of this entire episode is ridiculous.

The player has a cheap contract to the end of 2026 with the Wests Tigers. If he doesn’t like the club he has signed with, well then that is a lesson for him to be more considerate with the contracts he signs. He has naively told the club he doesn’t want a new contract because he doesn’t want to be at the club, because he doesn’t believe in them, so he must live with the repercussions of that contract, his assessment of the club and his disloyalty.

Wests find themselves in a great position now. They have a very good back up half, on a cheap contract, to cover injuries whilst they develop other players and combinations.

I hope Wests stick to their guns and Galvin spends the best part of the remaining two seasons enjoying second tier footy. At best for him, I would farm him out on loan to a SL club until the end of 2026.

Edited April 16 by Sports Prophet

[NRLandSL]

19 minutes ago, Sports Prophet said:

 

I think your assessment of this entire episode is ridiculous.

The player has a cheap contract to the end of 2026 with the Wests Tigers. If he doesn’t like the club he has signed with, well then that is a lesson for him to be more considerate with the contracts he signs. He has naively told the club he doesn’t want a new contract because he doesn’t want to be at the club, because he doesn’t believe in them, so he must live with the repercussions of that contract, his assessment of the club and his disloyalty.

Wests find themselves in a great position now. They have a very good back up half, on a cheap contract, to cover injuries whilst they develop other players and combinations.

I hope Wests stick to their guns and Galvin spends the best part of the remaining two seasons enjoying second tier footy. At best for him, I would farm him out on loan to a SL club until the end of 2026.

What on earth are talking about.

Firstly Galvin has zero problem staying with the tigers till the end of 2026, so not sure what you mean by saying he needs to be more considerate with the contract he signs, he is honouring his contract right till the end and has no problem with it. It’s the tigers who are making an issue because they are but hurt he will be leaving. 

He has not said he is leaving the club because he doesn’t believe in them, that is complete dribble. This is what Galvin has said - at the start of this link- https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2025-reason-behind-lachlan-galvins-tigers-exit-revealed-no-faith-in-benji-marshalls-coaching-what-happened-rugby-league-news/news-story/6d4ad2f5e71a2899d0a3ea28ec167d0e  

Again he has no issue with his contract, all he has stated is he will not extend and leave when it is over. The “Disloyalty” point is completely flawed and hilarious, Firstly Loyalty hardly exists in rugby league and most sports these days. Galvin owes nothing to the tigers he has only been there for 3 odd years and can do what the hell he pleases.

Again Galvin has does nothing wrong at all, he has informed the tigers professionally and correctly, it was the tigers who made an embarrassment out of the situation by leaking it to the public. Galvin is honouring his contract and doing the same thing hundreds of players have done before him. The fact he is being villainised by the general Australian rugby league public is a show of how naive our NRL fans are, and is downright in embarrassing for our sport.

Mbappe wasn’t bullied by teammates and called a traitor for leaving Monaco, Ronaldo wasn’t for leaving sporting, etc. Because they have every right to make their own decision and it’s shameful the kid is getting targeted by the media, fans and even people is own club for making a decision.

[StandOffHalf]

NRL 2025: Inside Lachlan Galvin’s meeting with Tigers teammates, who dropped him to NSW Cup, what was said, Benji Marshall, latest news

I do think there's an element here of his agent Moses bigging up a young kid and filling his head with ideas.

[DoubleD]

1 hour ago, NRLandSL said:

What on earth are talking about.

Firstly Galvin has zero problem staying with the tigers till the end of 2026, so not sure what you mean by saying he needs to be more considerate with the contract he signs, he is honouring his contract right till the end and has no problem with it. It’s the tigers who are making an issue because they are but hurt he will be leaving. 

He has not said he is leaving the club because he doesn’t believe in them, that is complete dribble. This is what Galvin has said - at the start of this link- https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2025-reason-behind-lachlan-galvins-tigers-exit-revealed-no-faith-in-benji-marshalls-coaching-what-happened-rugby-league-news/news-story/6d4ad2f5e71a2899d0a3ea28ec167d0e  

Again he has no issue with his contract, all he has stated is he will not extend and leave when it is over. The “Disloyalty” point is completely flawed and hilarious, Firstly Loyalty hardly exists in rugby league and most sports these days. Galvin owes nothing to the tigers he has only been there for 3 odd years and can do what the hell he pleases.

Again Galvin has does nothing wrong at all, he has informed the tigers professionally and correctly, it was the tigers who made an embarrassment out of the situation by leaking it to the public. Galvin is honouring his contract and doing the same thing hundreds of players have done before him. The fact he is being villainised by the general Australian rugby league public is a show of how naive our NRL fans are, and is downright in embarrassing for our sport.

Mbappe wasn’t bullied by teammates and called a traitor for leaving Monaco, Ronaldo wasn’t for leaving sporting, etc. Because they have every right to make their own decision and it’s shameful the kid is getting targeted by the media, fans and even people is own club for making a decision.

Galvin criticised Marshall and said he wouldn’t develop there under him. Given he’s one of the greatest halves to have played the game, that’s pretty disrespectful to say that in public. You reap what you sow and Galvin has been naive at best, unfortunately a kid thrown into the limelight and very poorly advised by a greedy selfish agent 

[NRLandSL]

4 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

Galvin criticised Marshall and said he wouldn’t develop there under him. Given he’s one of the greatest halves to have played the game, that’s pretty disrespectful to say that in public. You reap what you sow and Galvin has been naive at best, unfortunately a kid thrown into the limelight and very poorly advised by a greedy selfish agent 

I haven’t seen any public quotes from Galvin on this so we can’t take it as anything more than speculation. Even if it is true you cannot blame him though, the tigers have had 4 coaches, 5 CEO’s and 3 wooden spoons in a matter of years, they are incredibly unstable and not the type of club you want to be at, they also have a terrible dressing room culture, so why on earth would Galvin want to re-sign especially considering he will have interest from every other club in the world.

I’m not sure why everyone is blaming the agent, Ultimately it is Galvin’s decision and he has also said he’s family we’re crucial in the decision. Again the club is in shambles and has a horrible culture, why on earth would Galvin willingly stay there, he has expressed his desire to leave for a long time now. Galvin is not at all naive, he is making the decision for the best of his career and well-being, the club is the naive party in this.

[NRLandSL]

14 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

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I do think there's an element here of his agent Moses bigging up a young kid and filling his head with ideas.

That is all speculation, Galvin is his person and makes his own decisions. He should have big ideas because he’s one the best young talents rugby league has ever seen and shouldn’t stuck in such an awful environment.

[StandOffHalf]

1 minute ago, NRLandSL said:

That is all speculation, Galvin is his person and makes his own decisions. He should have big ideas because he’s one the best young talents rugby league has ever seen and shouldn’t stuck in such an awful environment.

Going for big money at 19 and having a jab at Marshall's coaching (if that's true) is going to make some/many people see him as a bit of a diva who's getting ahead of himself.

He's an exceptional player. I hope that this episode doesn't tarnish his hugely promising trajectory.

I love watching him play and hope he has been advised well by those around him.

[Worzel]

The media hates his agent, and so are siding with the club on this. But if you look under the covers the issue is with Wests.

The player said he didn't want to extend his contract. The club then made a big show of performatively offering him a huge contract (that they knew he wouldn't accept), and then publically withdrawing it to out the player's "disloyalty". They've then fed him to the wolves, forcing him to explain himself publically when he had no desire to do so (and when he wouldn't have had to do so had the club not gone public with it all). Then the gang of club leadership and their media pals beat him up again because they didn't like his answers to their questions. Finally, a coach with the emotional intelligence of a small toddler makes him stand up in front of his team mates and explain himself. To what end? It's professional sport and people change clubs all the time. His "teammates" then attack him in the meeting, and later burn him on social media for disloyalty, including players who themselves have changed clubs before... one of whom refused to train at his previous club when trying to force his own exit, and who has a clause in his Wests contract allowing him to leave after one season if he isn't happy. The level of hypocrisy in here is off the scale. 

This is all being done to a 19 year old, barely a man, by a bunch of far older, more experienced men. If some of these things happened in any other workplace they'd be rightly assessed as bullying and harrassment, resulting in disciplinary action and a probable case for constructive dismissal. 

Honestly, some people in clubs and the media need to give their heads a wobble. 

[StandOffHalf]

A lot of truth in that @Worzel. I heard though that he was given the option of addressing the other players, rather than being made to get up and explain himself.

[NRLandSL]

12 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

Going for big money at 19 and having a jab at Marshall's coaching (if that's true) is going to make some/many people see him as a bit of a diva who's getting ahead of himself.

He's an exceptional player. I hope that this episode doesn't tarnish his hugely promising trajectory.

I love watching him play and hope he has been advised well by those around him.

He was offered 5 million at the tigers. This is not at all about money. I doubt he said anything about Marshall specifically probably all taken far out of context. He just does not think the tigers are the best place to continue his development.

Yes I hope this doesn’t effect his career at all, he has the potential to be one of the all time greats IMO.

[Cheadle Leyther]

Ideal pick up for the Leopards for the rest of this season!!

[DoubleD]

26 minutes ago, NRLandSL said:

I haven’t seen any public quotes from Galvin on this so we can’t take it as anything more than speculation. Even if it is true you cannot blame him though, the tigers have had 4 coaches, 5 CEO’s and 3 wooden spoons in a matter of years, they are incredibly unstable and not the type of club you want to be at, they also have a terrible dressing room culture, so why on earth would Galvin want to re-sign especially considering he will have interest from every other club in the world.

I’m not sure why everyone is blaming the agent, Ultimately it is Galvin’s decision and he has also said he’s family we’re crucial in the decision. Again the club is in shambles and has a horrible culture, why on earth would Galvin willingly stay there, he has expressed his desire to leave for a long time now. Galvin is not at all naive, he is making the decision for the best of his career and well-being, the club is the naive party in this.

And if you believe all that tripe you’ve written then you are the naive one.

Even if the Tigers have had a terrible culture and recent history, the Eels are on their ariss, whereas the Tigers are at least turning things around and have a promising roster

[StandOffHalf]

Apparently Luai doesn't have the greatest of rapports with Galvin.

What a tragedy that this bombshell explodes just as the Tigers show real signs that they are on the up-swing.

[NRLandSL]

16 minutes ago, Worzel said:

The media hates his agent, and so are siding with the club on this. But if you look under the covers the issue is with Wests.

The player said he didn't want to extend his contract. The club then made a big show of performatively offering him a huge contract (that they knew he wouldn't accept), and then publically withdrawing it to out the player's "disloyalty". They've then fed him to the wolves, forcing him to explain himself publically when he had no desire to do so (and when he wouldn't have had to do so had the club not gone public with it all). Then the gang of club leadership and their media pals beat him up again because they didn't like his answers to their questions. Finally, a coach with the emotional intelligence of a small toddler makes him stand up in front of his team mates and explain himself. To what end? It's professional sport and people change clubs all the time. His "teammates" then attack him in the meeting, and later burn him on social media for disloyalty, including players who themselves have changed clubs before... one of whom refused to train at his previous club when trying to force his own exit, and who has a clause in his Wests contract allowing him to leave after one season if he isn't happy. The level of hypocrisy in here is off the scale. 

This is all being done to a 19 year old, barely a man, by a bunch of far older, more experienced men. If some of these things happened in any other workplace they'd be rightly assessed as bullying and harrassment, resulting in disciplinary action and a probable case for constructive dismissal. 

Honestly, some people in clubs and the media need to give their heads a wobble. 

Exactly Thankyou, glad we Agee on something.

Galvin has not doing anything wrong, it is shameful he is being targeted by the Club, Media and fans.

He is a 19 year old kid who has made a perfectly fine, professional and reasonable decision to not re-sign and he did in the most respectful manner possible. The tigers have made an embarrassment of themselves, outing the kid as if he’s in the wrong.

I’m so annoyed this isn’t being brought to light. The culture in Australian rugby league right now is embarrassing. A kid is being bullied and scrutinised by every type of person involved in the game, all for making a normal and common decision. Really shows how backward and insufferable the rugby league community is in Australia.

That is one thing I admire about the English game, the toxicity of Australian rugby league is so evident and it causes so many people to lose form and derails their career. England is a far more peaceful and supportive environment for players and especially youngsters coming through. I honestly hope Galvin goes to England for a year, it would be the best thing for his development in my opinion.

[NRLandSL]

9 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

And if you believe all that tripe you’ve written then you are the naive one.

Even if the Tigers have had a terrible culture and recent history, the Eels are on their ariss, whereas the Tigers are at least turning things around and have a promising roster

What on earth does this have to with eels. Sure he has been linked there, he has been to pretty much every team in the comp.

The tigers have won 3 games, calm down. And they’ve just lost probably the most important player over the last season to now.

Edited April 16 by NRLandSL

[ELBOWSEYE]

10 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

And if you believe all that tripe you’ve written then you are the naive one.

Even if the Tigers have had a terrible culture and recent history, the Eels are on their ariss, whereas the Tigers are at least turning things around and have a promising roster

I find the poster becomes obsessed with his posts and bombards people into submission,  I gave up replying it was pointless.

[NRLandSL]

Just now, ELBOWSEYE said:

I find the poster becomes obsessed with his posts and bombards people into submission,  I gave up replying it was pointless.

Replying with my opinion is “bombarding people into submission”. I have every right to reply if I disagree with you, vice versa.

I find some of your opinions to be laughable.

[StandOffHalf]

I agree. Getting out of the furnace and going to Leigh for a season would allow things to cool off.