“I’ve got to say, even before that last pass, I’d seen enough. Whether he makes that pass or not, there was a lot in his game that I liked tonight.”

Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo was understandably chuffed with his new No.7 on Saturday night.

Lachlan Galvin stepped out of his teens and celebrated his 20th birthday last week, then walked out as a starting NRL halfback and marched off a match-winner, all but sinking the Dragons’ faint finals hopes along the way.

The promise Ciraldo saw in Canterbury with Galvin calling the shots outweighed the clunky, too.

With his coach describing the Bulldogs 20-18 win as a “reset” of their season, with their Origin stars back and a finals run under way in earnest, Galvin’s first 30 minutes replacing Toby Sexton at the scrum base were his best yet in blue and white.

He didn’t try too much leading into Jacob Kiraz’s opening try, instead giving Stephen Crichton time and space to do his work. Galvin loomed in support like any good playmaker for a try of his when Crichton again split the Dragons defence.

And so far as wanting to

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