“Lachlan Galvin will earn more money out of rugby league than any player in history. That is going to be my prediction. I think he’s the best teenage footballer I’ve ever seen….I think what he is doing is absolutely extraordinary”
Phil Gould
🤮 almost every time I hear from Gus“Lachlan Galvin will earn more money out of rugby league than any player in history. That is going to be my prediction. I think he’s the best teenage footballer I’ve ever seen….I think what he is doing is absolutely extraordinary”
Phil Gould
Really good that an official from a rival club has a media platform to say this sort of stuff. Rugby league.
What stands out about Galvin is his total lack of stress or nerves at the top level. Even Cleary looked nervous at the start. The GenZ halves often look either completely over awed or they present a fake level of confidence (Bud) and fall apart under the pressure. Galvin just looks completely comfortable at all times, even after making a mistake. He has vision and timing and a lot of the intangibles. He will be a generational talent.
Yes, he’s a fair talent. A student of the game, he admits to being boring & just trains & watches footy. As a friend of mine pointed out makes a refreshing change from those guys who spend their spare time on the PlayStation.What stands out about Galvin is his total lack of stress or nerves at the top level. Even Cleary looked nervous at the start. The GenZ halves often look either completely over awed or they present a fake level of confidence (Bud) and fall apart under the pressure. Galvin just looks completely comfortable at all times, even after making a mistake. He has vision and timing and a lot of the intangibles. He will be a generational talent.
Yes, he’s a fair talent. A student of the game, he admits to being boring & just trains & watches footy. As a friend of mine pointed out makes a refreshing change from those guys who spend their spare time on the PlayStation.What stands out about Galvin is his total lack of stress or nerves at the top level. Even Cleary looked nervous at the start. The GenZ halves often look either completely over awed or they present a fake level of confidence (Bud) and fall apart under the pressure. Galvin just looks completely comfortable at all times, even after making a mistake. He has vision and timing and a lot of the intangibles. He will be a generational talent.
He is just a footy head. Same as players like Harry Grant, or a large percentage of bush footy players. They just live and breath footy the way some as us rusted on fans are. I think in yesteryear it was much more common, but these days with money, celebrity, etc playing top grade footy means something else.
Well done
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Lachlan Galvin has reflected on a "surreal" rookie season with the Wests Tigers, setting the record straight on a messy contract saga from earlier this year.
The teenage sensation was a shining light for the joint venture, registering 16 try assists and producing 36 offloads across his 21 appearances in the top grade.
Galvin is seen as the long-term No.6 at the Tigers and is expected to partner Jarome Luai next year, but there were concerns over his future given the side's results.
But in an interview with Nine's Sunday Footy Show, Galvin shut down suggestions he would leave Concord and is committed to helping the club back into the finals.
"There was a point there where I think me and my parents and manager had a little talk - we just wanted to see where the club was going," he said.
"We had meetings with Richo [Shane Richardson] and Benji [Marshall] spoke to them and we sorted all of that out. We've told the Tigers that we're here to stay.
"We've got two more years left on my deal. I love the club, I grew up in Campbelltown and I want this club to be the best. I think we're really on the up.
"I'm so excited for Luai to come next year, he's gonna help me and my game so much. He will take a bit of the pressure off me too … you've seen with Cleary out this year, he can control a team and get the team around the park.
"He's gonna teach me so much and I think there's big things at the Tigers next year."
Galvin is just one of many young stars on the rise at the Tigers, with fullback Jahream Bula and utility Latu Fainu also locked up long-term with the club.
The 19-year-old credits the influence of coach Benji Marshall and hopes his laid-back approach will pay off in the years to come.
"If it wasn't for Benji this year, I wouldn't be playing the good footy I am," Galvin said.
"Especially how chill he makes it and how fun he is. He tells me to go out there and enjoy myself and that I play this sport for fun. You don't want to rock up to training and games each week and not having fun, being stiff and nervous.
"That's how I play my best footy. He's been really good like that."
Galvin's two-game suspension early in the season for a hip-drop tackle will rule him out of Dally M Rookie of the Year contention, but he was eligible for another major award.
And in a great moment for the youngster, Galvin was voted as the RLPA Rookie of the Year, earning high praise from his peers.
"To get noticed by all the players and peers that you verse, to get this award, it's a massive achievement," he said.
"It's a bit surreal, I've stopped playing now and I get to think about the year I've had, playing NRL straight out of school.
"It's pretty cool and even facing these boys and shake their hands after the game, it's pretty surreal ... it's a massive honour to get this award."
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I am still concerned that his longer-term future is with us. It was a good interview, and he is very likeable, but he also carefully did not mention anything beyond his current contract period. He reminded me somewhat of Harry Grant when everyone had their hopes that he might stay and how careful he was in interviews.
Next season is so crucial in whether or not we keep Galvin. Yes, results will be important as will his connection with Jerome. But I actually feel our greatest ally in all this might be the Campbelltown crowds. They are his friends, his people, his history.
If we can string a few wins together and do this at Campbelltown with a packed house, I believe these experiences could be something he doesn't want to walk away from. He will be a local hero.
And to add to that, it worries me that Fittler will be his coach for the PNG game. I remember all too well how Tedesco was lured to the Roosters, in part his contact with Mini during SOO camps was responsible.
If we start winning consistently then I'm confident he'll stay long term. If we continue to lose, he'll go to a professional organisation. And quite rightly.
I am still concerned that his longer-term future is with us. It was a good interview, and he is very likeable, but he also carefully did not mention anything beyond his current contract period. He reminded me somewhat of Harry Grant when everyone had their hopes that he might stay and how careful he was in interviews.
Next season is so crucial in whether or not we keep Galvin. Yes, results will be important as will his connection with Jerome. But I actually feel our greatest ally in all this might be the Campbelltown crowds. They are his friends, his people, his history.
If we can string a few wins together and do this at Campbelltown with a packed house, I believe these experiences could be something he doesn't want to walk away from. He will be a local hero.
And to add to that, it worries me that Fittler will be his coach for the PNG game. I remember all too well how Tedesco was lured to the Roosters, in part his contact with Mini during SOO camps was responsible.
Teddy was lured to the Roosters a long time before SoO camps with Mini. He was always going there.
