Fox Sports has removed the page permanently regarding the two bullying claims by tumeth etc
Andrew prentice
Daily mail story is still on lineDanny Weidler and Michael Chammas story is still on line
At what point can they be pursued legally either by the club or affected players given the club reports they and their families were very upset. Obviously didn’t verify before going to print
Yes and haven’t mentioned anything at all on 360 tonight, not even a whisper about the statement made by the WT today.
Further to the club statement
how does an agent commence an investigation without his clients consent or approval ? (Unless your Moses and doesn’t even represent both of the players)
Or
how does the RLPA commence an ‘independent’ investigation without someone (Moses ??) bringing it to their attention (possibly by the false news story)
and the NRL is ok with all of this
Further to the club statement
how does an agent commence an investigation without his clients consent or approval ? (Unless your Moses and doesn’t even represent both of the players)
Or
how does the RLPA commence an ‘independent’ investigation without someone (Moses ??) bringing it to their attention (possibly by the false news story)
and the NRL is ok with all of this
Good questions, and as usual, the NRL is looking the other way.
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Richo needs to be all over this, especially the RLPA announcement, i have heard that Newton is close to Moses, so an agenda is being supported there. The dogs have dumped players left and right over the last 24 months, nobody says boo because they are all afraid of or aligned with Gus. If Richo does not push through on this false narrative than u get the feeling he is hiding something.
@lorenzo, Haven't I recently read about a player taking the Dogs to court over inappropriate treatment? I hardly call that "not saying boo". As for the RL media's different, as you see it, treatment of Dogs and Gould, maybe it's because they respect him and his track record of success and they see Richardson as an ill-tempered lightweight (as weird as that is) by comparison?
GALVIN’S FUTURE
Galvin is back in the team this week for the game against Cronulla but the question will linger how long the marriage can survive given the legal action that is unfolding in the background and the teenager’s seemingly tenuous relationship with senior leaders.
Richardson insists the Tigers are ready to dig in their heels and relationship with senior players can be assuaged.
The plan is for Galvin to see out the remainder of his deal until the end of 2026 as rival clubs hover overhead.
“It’s not changed,” Richardson said.
“He’s never requested (a release). The bottom line from the club’s point of view, is he is here for the next 18 months. Football players are all about winning games.
“I don’t care who you are, where you are, they want to win the game. Now last week they didn’t feel like they could win a game, or the coach didn’t think they could win (with Galvin in the team).
“This week they feel they can. From my point of view, I don’t think that’s a concern.
“It’s business as usual. Our attitude as a club is he is here for the next 18 months and we’ll work our way forward from there.”
The other elephant in the room is the relationship between Marshall and Galvin. When Galvin said he wanted to leave the club in the best interests of his development it was taken as a shot at Marshall and his coaching ability.
“The stuff about Benji and all the rest of it, he has never once said to us, not one time has he said to us, that Benji’s not a good coach or can’t coach,” Richardson said.
“What he said to us is he wants to be the best player I can be, and I believe that I can be that at another club.
“He’s never said (Marshall can’t coach). Lachlan is a very honest kid. He’s as simple as it gets. He loves his footy. If he were sitting here with you, he would be twirling the ball.
“He just loves his footy. He’s always had this thing in the back of his mind that he could obviously get a better opportunity elsewhere.
“The bottom line is though from that point of view, Lachlan has never said that in any way, shape or form (that Marshall can’t coach).”
THE COACH
Marshall is in his second year at the helm of the Tigers and the signs have been promising. The club made a fast start to the season but the Galvin saga has threatened to undo some of that good work.
The Tigers had some tough calls go against them last weekend, but they capitulated late against Parramatta and the Sharks will be an even tougher proposition this week.
Even so, Marshall has walked away from recent events with his reputation enhanced. He was widely praised for the way he handled his press conference last week in the wake of the Galvin revelations and his decision to recall the teenager shows how important the Sharks game is.
“He’s learning so much,” Richardson said.
“I’ve said it before and people underestimate it, but he’s incredibly smart. He picks up salary caps, financial things, just like that.
“He’s just all over it and he’s always well prepared. His challenge has always been management – managing players and managing people.
“He’s got so much better. The other thing that needs to be understood is he’s had to manage very difficult circumstances.
“We had a roster that was full of young kids who weren’t ready to play first grade, and players that weren’t up to the standard that was required to play first grade.
“Now we’ve had to make tough decisions last year about them moving on and in every case we’ve gone to the manager and told them early what we wanted to do.
“He’s had to manage situations like the (John) Bateman situation. For a young coach in his first year, he’s not stepping into South Sydney, he’s stepping in the world of hurt.
“Management of people is what it’s all about. Is he good at managing people? He’s better than most, but he can be better and he learns all the time, he listens.
“Do I think he’s going to be a good coach? Yes, I do. Because he listens. He’s got some good people around him that give good advice.
“It rattled him last week. How couldn’t it? But he showed balls. I don’t know what more that he could have done last week.
“My opinion on Benji is he is a work in progress … but at the bottom of it all, he cares about Wests Tigers.
“There’s been a lot of people over a period of time who didn’t care about the Wests Tigers. We want to build that and we need team leaders speaking their mind and we need coaches leading.”
WHAT NEXT
The Galvin saga is far from over. While the legal action continues to linger and speculation remains over Galvin’s future, the Tigers will be compulsory viewing.
Richardson insists that the Tigers can make it work.
“It can’t work if the kid himself doesn’t want to play,” Richardson said.
“I can tell you the worst thing you could do to Lachlan Galvin is tell him he can’t play football on the weekend. If he didn’t play reserve grade (last weekend), he’d be bashing his brothers in the backyard.
“He just can’t help himself. He is the fittest player in the club. He is the first here and the last to leave. He does all the extras.
“He’s into everything, running around the place. All he wants to do is play footy and all his parents want him to do is play footy. They made a decision that they think he’s best away from the club.
“That’s their decision. I don’t agree with it but that’s a decision. We’ll find out over the next 4-6 weeks where he’s at and how he’s fitted in from his performances on the field.
“But I’m not willing to draw a line through him at the moment. We’re out there to win every game possible. This is a very open competition.
“There’s probably two sides, maybe three that standout. The rest of us are all in the crocodile roll as I like to say. So why would I get rid of a generational player who wants to play.
“Even if a request came for him, it’s our decision whether we let him go or not.”
If there is a positive outcome of Galvin’s decision, it is that the Tigers can now start planning for the future with some certainty.
Late Fainu would likely have looked to leave had Galvin stayed. Now he shapes as his likely replacement in the halves.
The Galvin deal would also have put pressure on the Tigers’ salary cap but they now have money to spend and an appetite to spend it.
“He (Galvin) knows as well as we know that he hasn’t achieved anything yet,” Richardson said.
“Having said that, I think he’s an outstanding footballer. I think he will go on to play for Australia. It’s a huge loss for us in the sense of losing a junior.
“What we’ve done in the past is when we’ve lost juniors, we’ve moped around and whinged and wined and jumped up and down.
“What it has done and I will say this, it has allowed us time to be able to sit down with players that we’re going to be affected by us re-signing him.
“When you make a decision to offer a player $1 million going forward, you’ve got to make adjustments in your cap. They weren’t decisions we necessarily wanted to make.
“Now we can make decisions about what the roster looks like, what we need to buy, what we need to get. We’re in the marketplace now for that.
“Yeah, it is emotional … but from our club’s point of view we picked the best team possible this week. From our point of view, he is here for the next 18 months.
“From our point of view, we’ve never been bullies here. And the club is right behind Benji.”
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media not saying boo...I'm sure the impacted players had gripes however the media just ignored them for the most part, or defended the actions of the club. I would argue they are scared to cross him (Gus).@lorenzo, Haven't I recently read about a player taking the Dogs to court over inappropriate treatment? I hardly call that "not saying boo". As for the RL media's different, as you see it, treatment of Dogs and Gould, maybe it's because they respect him and his track record of success and they see Richardson as an ill-tempered lightweight (as weird as that is) by comparison?
The discussion might all be moot soon 🤫😉
I guess it is, though not quite the moot people were hoping for
'Why would I care?': testy Benji sick of Galvin saga
Jasper Bruce
AAP
A testy Benji Marshall says he does not care if people query his surprise decision to recall Lachie Galvin, side-stepping questions as to whether the five-eighth had regained Wests Tigers' trust.
Coach Marshall is "sick of talking" about the saga that began two Mondays ago when the Tigers announced generational talent Galvin had declined to review their offer of a contract extension.
The rejection triggered public ridicule from teammates on social media and has meant the man touted as a linchpin of Wests' rebuild will leave after 2026.
In consultation with senior players, Marshall last week dropped the 19-year-old prodigy, claiming he needed to regain the playing group's trust and respect.
Marshall was non-committal as to whether Galvin had done that in one weekend playing reserve grade, saying only that his return would make Wests a better team.
"Yeah, look, I'm just focused on the game, really, to be honest," the coach said ahead of Sunday's clash with Cronulla.
"I'm sick of talking about that (the Galvin saga). I've said it every week, I'll pick the team that I think is best.
"I know everyone wants to talk about all of these things but we're moving on to the game. That's our focus."
Pressed as to what he would say to those questioning the sudden change of heart, the 2005 premiership hero was terse.
"Why would I care what people say?" he asked.
"Everyone wants to know why (I decided to recall him). I pick the team, you don't need to know why.
"This is the team I've picked that I think is best for us this week and we'll go with it."
Marshall is hopeful Galvin will not be booed by the Tigers' home crowd on Sunday given almost two weeks have passed since news of his impending exit broke.
"Pretty positive, I'd say," Marshall said of Galvin's anticipated reception.
"The dust has settled a bit since last week so we're just going to get behind him, we're expecting him to do his usual thing and play the way he plays.
"If he sets up a try early or scores one, that'll help."
The Tigers fell to wooden spoon favourites Parramatta in Galvin's absence on Easter Monday, notably leaking three tries in six minutes just after half-time.
Marshall did not expect emotions to be running so high this weekend at Leichhardt Oval.
"Last week with all the distractions and up and downs of what happened, everyone can just chill now and just play," he said.
"No doubt last week was a big week for everyone so just move on and get on with our footy."
The Tigers gave Galvin the option to take last weekend off rather than play reserve grade but he was eager to front up.
For all the divide between the club and Galvin's agent - rugby league kingmaker Isaac Moses - Galvin has impressed Marshall since his decision to reject the contract offer.
"He's handled it incredibly well, given his age. To go through all this stuff and be so public with everything, it's quite hectic for him but he handled it really well," Marshall said.
"He tried really hard (in reserve grade) and had a really good attitude and we want him to do that for us tomorrow."
Source: thewest.com.au
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A pretty good listen from an outside (USA) view from abt 15:45 min mark
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5iHvx3TmavSL7t8MHEYfBf?si=YEtgdkJ4T-asGaKKkhjCmQ
Wests Tigers board to discuss early release for Galvin
May 16, 2025 — 2.48pm
The Wests Tigers board will on Monday discuss the possibility of whether the club should release Lachlan Galvin from the final year of his deal in 2026.
The Tigers powerbrokers want to open a conversation about what to do with the talented playmaker, including the potential of an early release from his current contract.
The Tigers have been bullish about their intent to hold Galvin to his contract, however there is the added layer of a threatened legal battle that looms around accusations of bullying.
It is a possibility the Tigers will demand a transfer fee from prospective clubs if they decide that it is in their best interest to release Galvin at the end of the season.
Galvin last month informed the club of his desire to depart at the end of his contract, with his manager Isaac Moses knocking back attempts from Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson to offer the teenager a lucrative upgrade and extension offer worth close to $6 million.
Galvin is on the radar of Parramatta Eels, while speculation has grown in recent days about a potential move to the Bulldogs despite general manager Phil Gould publicly declaring that his club would not pursue his services.
“We are not involved in the Lachlan Galvin discussion and we won’t be involved in the Lachlan Galvin discussion,” Gould said. “We wish him all the best.”
More to come.
Am I the only one who thinks this guy is massively overrated?
Potentially a very good player, sure. But honestly, this is not even close to the pain of losing someone like Tedesco a few years ago.
Personally, I'm glad we are not commiting $1M+ p.a. to him
Am I the only one who thinks this guy is massively overrated?
Potentially a very good player, sure. But honestly, this is not even close to the pain of losing someone like Tedesco a few years ago.
Personally, I'm glad we are not commiting $1M+ p.a. to him
The way it has been handled all along by him, his dad and his manager just makes me want it to be over.
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Am I the only one who thinks this guy is massively overrated?
Potentially a very good player, sure. But honestly, this is not even close to the pain of losing someone like Tedesco a few years ago.
Personally, I'm glad we are not commiting $1M+ p.a. to him
I think career wise he will be a better player than Latu Fainu
I think Galvin is a little over rated, remember what benjinwqs doing at his age etc.
I think in good team like the dogs he will go very well. In a team like parramatta not so sure. Defensively think Galvin is not great.
Big hole in your roster for 2025 and 2026 if he leaves, would hope we can line up Reynolds or DCE or even sexton potentially as just relying on latu fainu is a huge risk
Trade him to Parra and get Josh Lynn and Will Latu for him. Trade him to the Bulldogs and get Cassius Tia and Jack Todd in return.
