{"id":447263,"date":"2025-04-16T20:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=447263"},"modified":"2025-04-16T23:13:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:13:22","slug":"hypocritical-tigers-blasted-for-disgusting-galvin-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=447263","title":{"rendered":"'Hypocritical' Tigers blasted for 'disgusting' Galvin treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

"Hypocritical" Wests Tigers<\/a> players are being called out for "disgusting" treatment of their teenage teammate in a public domain.<\/p>\n

\ufeffLachlan Galvin was axed by the Tigers this week<\/a>, a day after it was revealed his agent Isaac Moses informed the club his client intended to leave after the 2026 NRL season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the hours that followed the news breaking, both Tigers captain Jarome Luai and gun winger Sunia Turuva posted thinly veiled swipes at Galvin on their social media pages<\/a>, while Fonua Pole also liked a number of posts attacking the 19-year-old.<\/p>\n

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League legend Greg Alexander said it amounted to bullying.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The irony is both Luai and Turuva left the Panthers this year to join the Tigers on big-money deals.<\/p>\n

\ufeffIn response to the social media firestorm, league legend Phil Gould called the actions of Luai and Turuva "terrible"\ufeff while Dragons coach Shane Flanagan said "players need to be careful".<\/p>\n

\"Jarome<\/p>\n

"Those two players that have\ufeff said something about Lachie looked after themselves as well, looked after themselves financially," Flanagan told media on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

On Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth<\/em>, both Brad Fittler and Andrew Johns took the players to task.<\/p>\n

"I think if you asked [Luai and Turuva], they'd probably like to take that back, because they left Penrith to go to the Tigers. So it is hypocritical," Johns said.<\/p>\n

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Angered by the social media posts, Fittler saw the players' behaviour as a sign of inflated self-importance.<\/p>\n

"You've got to say, it sort of says a lot about the club, I suppose, \ufeffand with what's going on with Lachie," he said.<\/p>\n

"I don't think you would see this at Melbourne or some of the bigger clubs.<\/p>\n

\"Sunia<\/p>\n

"I think over [all the] \ufefftalk at the moment, it's a really good opportunity just to say nothing and go and play footy.<\/p>\n

"I find it quite disgusting \ufeffwhat they're all doing on social media. It's terrible."\ufeff<\/p>\n

While both \ufeffFittler and Johns accepted that Galvin wanted to leave, they were critical of his public reasoning that he could develop better as a half elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Galvin reportedly declared that he did not believe he could reach his full potential under Benji Marshall<\/a>'s coaching, despite the Tigers legend being one of the best halves the game has seen.<\/p>\n

"I don't mind that he's leaving. It's just part of the game that players move on," Johns said.<\/p>\n

"What I hate is the narrative that he's moving on and they've bagged Benji. It is disgusting the way they've pushed that [story] out to further Lachlan's career.<\/p>\n

\"Legends<\/p>\n

"He's been a pawn in all this, I have no doubt. For a 19-year-old young man, he doesn't need this pressure [of signing a lucrative deal].<\/p>\n

"Benji has played over 340-odd games \ufeffof NRL, he's won a world cup, he's won a Golden Boot and he's played over 30-odd Tests for the Kiwis. If anyone is qualified to coach a young five-eight or half, it's Beniji.<\/p>\n

"Alongside him [at the Wests Tigers]\ufeff is a bloke called Jarome Luai who has done it at all levels \u2014 won comps, Origins, played for Samoa.<\/p>\n

"I find it really disrespectful the way they've tried to attack Benji."<\/p>\n

Fittler agreed that Marshall's coaching could not be the deciding factor, given the team's strong defensive line and Marshall's role in instilling this.<\/p>\n

"To come out and \ufeffcriticise Benji's coaching is quite ridiculous," he said.<\/p>\n

Tigers players including Luai are scheduled to speak to media at midday on Thursday.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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