Wests Tigers official podcast Behind The Roar is shining a light on some of the club’s younger players over the summer, as preparations continue for the 2024 NRL season.
BTR is available on Apple, Spotify and YouTube.
The 10-episode pre-season series includes five players who are on NRL Development contracts and five who are part of the club’s top-30 roster.
Episode 32 of BTR is with Lachlan Galvin, another player who has emerged from Western Suburbs' premiership-winning Harold Matthews team from 2022, to a top-30 contract in 2024.
He talks openly about the challenges faced by an 18-year-old in his first NRL pre-season, how he loves learning off Benji, his pathways journey where he was overlooked by a rival club, and a whole lot more.
As fit as they come, Galvin has been leading the way in the endurance testing in pre-season training. He admits fitness has never been a problem for him.
“I’ve always been pretty fit and I’m lucky I guess in one sense that I can eat pretty much whatever I want,” Galvin said.
Galvin says he’s had to adjust quickly to the physical side of pre-season against others who have at this level for many years.
“One area that’s helping my development in pre-season is versing men, and all the collisions with the bigger bodies in tackling drills,” he said.
“At first it was a bit of a shock because they’re so big and fully grown and all that but I’m getting used to it now.”
Standing at 190cm or 6’2” in the old scale, and still growing, Galvin is a tall five-eighth who is loving his time learning off the best.
“Benji has already taught me so much,” said the 18-year-old from Campbelltown.
“Learning off him is cool ‘coz he was also a five-eighth and one of the very best.
“It’s great with Aidan [Sezer] here as well because he is also so experienced.”
Modest and grounded, when pressed on what his strengths are, Galvin was quick to point out his willingness to put in the work.
“I know I’ve got to earn my way to the top and put in the hard work, and train as hard as I can,” he said.
I guess one of my strengths is my running game, playing eyes up footy, and I like to back myself.
Lachie Galvin
