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“We have to remember he’s a 19-year-old kid who loves footy.
“I love coaching Lachie. I said it to him this morning, ‘I enjoy coaching you, you’re a pleasure to coach, I actually think you’re the future at the club, even though you don’t think you are now’.”
One of the reasons Galvin was dropped was to spare him the expected booing he would have received from his own fans at CommBank Stadium on Monday.
Marshall said he was “shocked” and “disappointed” by the news Galvin was not keen to pledge his future to the club, and was not bothered by suggestions it was because of his own coaching ability.
“Everyone thinks I can’t coach anyway,” Marshall said.
Luai and Koroisau were said to be angry when they heard the news, and relayed those feelings to Galvin, with Luai also taking to social media.
When asked about that post, Luai said: “I was throwing my support behind the coach and behind what we stand for as a club.
“We’re working hard to have ‘team first’ behaviours, and making sure that’s built from the bottom up.
“He’s our coach, and if you’re disrespecting him, you’re disrespecting us as a team. I don’t stand for that.”
Pressed on how he would feel about Galvin returning to first grade, Luai said: “If the timing is right, and the coach is happy with that, at the end of the day it’s his call with team selections – he’ll do what’s best for the team.
“If he [Galvin] is in the right mindset, and his heart is in the right spot, and he deserves to wear the jersey, then by all means.”
Lachie Galvin waits for a run behind co-captain Api Koroisau.Credit: Renee Nowytarger
Galvin took the field around 10.20am for the first time since it emerged he would exit the club.
On a sunny Thursday morning in Concord, in Sydney’s inner-west, Galvin wore an orange training shirt with the rest of the NSW Cup players.
His teammates who will play in the Easter Monday NRL game against Parramatta wore black training jerseys.
Galvin, decked out on pink boots, was smiling a lot of the time, and no doubt aware of the large media contingent in the stands.
But it was also noticeable that he barely made eye contact with Marshall and a few of the senior players who had over the past few days taken to social media to express their disappointment over the 19-year-old’s decision to quit the club at the end of the 2026 season.
Lachie Galvin prepares for Wests Tigers training on Thursday.Credit: Renee Nowytarger
Galvin hung close to prop Alex Twal during a few of the warm-up drills, then had a play fight with one of his best mates, hooker Tallyn Da Silva.
When it came to the opposed session – the reserve-grade players versus the NRL squad – Galvin marked up on Adam Doueihi, who has been named at halfback for Monday.
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How much longer Galvin remains in reserve grade – or at the Tigers – will be one of the big talking points in the game in coming months.
Tigers chairman, former NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell, has made a cameo in the stands.
Michael Chammas and Andrew “Joey” Johns dissect the upcoming NRL round, plus the latest footy news, results and analysis. Sign up for the Sin Bin newsletter.
“We have to remember he’s a 19-year-old kid who loves footy.
“I love coaching Lachie. I said it to him this morning, ‘I enjoy coaching you, you’re a pleasure to coach, I actually think you’re the future at the club, even though you don’t think you are now’.”
One of the reasons Galvin was dropped was to spare him the expected booing he would have received from his own fans at CommBank Stadium on Monday.
Marshall said he was “shocked” and “disappointed” by the news Galvin was not keen to pledge his future to the club, and was not bothered by suggestions it was because of his own coaching ability.
“Everyone thinks I can’t coach anyway,” Marshall said.
Luai and Koroisau were said to be angry when they heard the news, and relayed those feelings to Galvin, with Luai also taking to social media.
When asked about that post, Luai said: “I was throwing my support behind the coach and behind what we stand for as a club.
“We’re working hard to have ‘team first’ behaviours, and making sure that’s built from the bottom up.
“He’s our coach, and if you’re disrespecting him, you’re disrespecting us as a team. I don’t stand for that.”
Pressed on how he would feel about Galvin returning to first grade, Luai said: “If the timing is right, and the coach is happy with that, at the end of the day it’s his call with team selections – he’ll do what’s best for the team.
“If he [Galvin] is in the right mindset, and his heart is in the right spot, and he deserves to wear the jersey, then by all means.”
Lachie Galvin waits for a run behind co-captain Api Koroisau.Credit: Renee Nowytarger
Galvin took the field around 10.20am for the first time since it emerged he would exit the club.
On a sunny Thursday morning in Concord, in Sydney’s inner-west, Galvin wore an orange training shirt with the rest of the NSW Cup players.
His teammates who will play in the Easter Monday NRL game against Parramatta wore black training jerseys.
Galvin, decked out on pink boots, was smiling a lot of the time, and no doubt aware of the large media contingent in the stands.
But it was also noticeable that he barely made eye contact with Marshall and a few of the senior players who had over the past few days taken to social media to express their disappointment over the 19-year-old’s decision to quit the club at the end of the 2026 season.
Lachie Galvin prepares for Wests Tigers training on Thursday.Credit: Renee Nowytarger
Galvin hung close to prop Alex Twal during a few of the warm-up drills, then had a play fight with one of his best mates, hooker Tallyn Da Silva.
When it came to the opposed session – the reserve-grade players versus the NRL squad – Galvin marked up on Adam Doueihi, who has been named at halfback for Monday.
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How much longer Galvin remains in reserve grade – or at the Tigers – will be one of the big talking points in the game in coming months.
Tigers chairman, former NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell, has made a cameo in the stands.
Michael Chammas and Andrew “Joey” Johns dissect the upcoming NRL round, plus the latest footy news, results and analysis. Sign up for the Sin Bin newsletter.
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