Amid all the vitriol and animosity of Lachlan Galvin’s messy departure from Wests Tigers this season, one thing seems to have got lost: they wanted to build the club around him.
“Lachie Galvin leaving didn’t leave a bad taste in my mouth, but we had set things up around him in terms of our path forward,” Tigers boss Shane Richardson says.
Jarome Luai and Lachlan Galvin will go head-to-head on Sunday.Credit: Monique Westermann
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“Galvin’s name was on the whiteboard, and it was going to be on there forever. He was a major part of what we had planned to do. But he didn’t want to be there. His name then came off straight away. And with him leaving, it’s worked out well for everybody.
“I always say a ‘no’ is as good as a ‘yes’. It would have been worse had he left it until November 1 to tell us he was going.
“I know why Galvin wanted to leave. That will stay between me and him. What I do know is I’m so glad we’ve still got Jarome Luai”.
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