Tigers fans shouldn’t be booing Lachie Galvin. They should be cheering

June 1, 2026 — 3:30pm

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The last bastion of blame-free booing is for the club traitor. Some booing from crowds is prejudiced, misdirected, boorish or simply unfair, but on Saturday, 12 months to the day since Lachlan Galvin left Wests Tigers, he copped it.

Loud booing filled Parramatta Stadium every time he touched the ball for the Bulldogs. Given his high level of involvement in the match, the question was whether Tigers fans could maintain their rage. Eighty minutes is a long time, considering the 83 times Galvin touched the ball.

His crime? All he’d done was break his contract and walk out on the struggling club that had given him his chance, mid-season, to scarper to a high-placed team where he thought he might win a premiership.

Yes, he’s very young and probably prone to all sorts of seductions and influences, and he tries his guts out every week to make it right, but even if you feel sorry for him, there’s a special place in rugby league hell for the deserter.

What is a little odd, given the Tigers’ and Bulldogs’ trajectories since Galvin’s move, is........

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