Jarome Luai delivers frosty response to Lachlan Galvin question

Wests Tigers skipper Jarome Luai has delivered a fiery response to one Lachlan Galvin question after weeks of ongoing turmoil.

Wests Tigers skipper Jarome Luai has delivered a frosty response to a question relating to Lachlan Galvin on Sunday.

Galvin was a shock inclusion for the clash after being dropped to reserve grade the week prior on the back of turning down a massive $6 million contract extension from the Tigers.

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The teenager became the target of several social media posts from his teammates with Luai made a ‘Team First’ post in a direct shot at the wantaway playmaker.

In his return to the line-up, Galvin played alongside Luai with both men delivering strong performances.

But things turned frosty after the contest when Luai was asked for his feelings on Galvin in the wake of the saga.

“Not once have I said that I don’t like to play with him,” Luai said in the post-match press conference.

“I love playing with the kid, I love what he brings to our team, I love this club and I love this team and I think we all showed that.

“We love this jersey as well, proud of the boys and hopefully this builds on.”

Benji Marshall and Jarome Luai.

Tigers coach Benji Marshall heaped praise on Galvin who was expecting to be greeted by a chorus of boos at Leichhardt Oval.

“I thought he was great, he just went out and played footy, it’s what he has always done,” Marshall said.

“From that first try that he set up, that sort of calmed the nerves and got everyone in the game to just focus on footy.

“We had a good chat before the game about a few things and I thought he did all of those things.”

Galvin and the Tigers got it done. Picture: NRL Photos

However, while his side secured what was an impressive win, the 88 minutes of football clearly took a toll on Marshall.

“That was so up and down emotionally … were some special efforts there, never giving up, seriously,” Marshall said.

“To mention a few, Starford’s try-saver at the end, Jahream saved a couple and a couple of charge downs. We were down to 12 men at one stage.

“They just kept fighting and that’s the spirit they’ve shown all year, but from a club perspective that’s the pressure reliever we need to be honest.”

Galvin said he was grateful about returning to the fold and to be back playing for the Tigers.

“ … I’d rather be here than Lidcombe on a Sunday I’ll be honest,” Galvin chuckled.

“But it’s a great win to come out here and win in front of our fans and I couldn’t be more grateful. I loved it.

“It wasn’t about me, it was about the team this week and we wanted to come out and win and that’s what we did.”

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