Schoolboys Cup live stream: Palm Beach Currumbin v Westfields Sports High, national final

Tigers-bound playmaker Lachlan Galvin pulled the strings on a convincing Westfields National Schoolboys final win on Wednesday and ‘repaid the boys for my mistake in the last game.’

‘Lachie Galvin did what Lachie Galvin does.’

Westfields coach Troy Weeden has been singing his star five-eighth’s praises in schoolboys rugby league games all season, and in the national final, the Year 12 student produced something special.

With two tries in the opening 15 minutes and a pivotal role in the final result, Galvin was easily the star of the show in his school’s 38-4 thrashing of Palm Beach Currumbin at Allianz Stadium on Wednesday.

Westfields were simply too irresistible on the day.

Lachlan Galvin was man of the match.

Galvin’s performance earned him not only the player of the match honours but also the Peter Sterling Medal as the best player in schoolboys rugby league in 2023.

The Tigers-bound playmaker joins illustrious company of NRL greats and current stars including Greg Alexander, Ben Elias, Adam Reynolds, Payne Haas and David Fifita to win the coveted medal.

“He’s a competitor, he’s a winner and he showed that in the first half particularly,’ said Weeden.

“He just took control of the game early on, with those first two tries, and he just set the tone for the rest of it.”

Galvin was quick to recognise the impact of his teammates in the win and said he was simply repaying his team for an error which almost cost them in the Peter Mulholland Cup final against Patrician Brothers, Blacktown in late August.

“It’s been a long time coming, we’ve all been dreaming of this since year 7,” Galvin said.

Palm Beach Currumbin players couldn’t contain the threat of Lachlan Galvin.

“We’re a brotherhood here, and now we’re national champions.

“I knew I had to repay the boys for my mistake in that last game, so I just went out there and played my best and we’re national champions now.”

Galvin is set to graduate this year and already has a contract in the NRL next year with the Wests Tigers.

“I’m very excited to go fulltime with the Tigers next year,” he said.

“I’ll just keep going on my footy journey and see where it takes me.”