Agent Isaac Moses at centre of proposed NRL crackdown amid Lachlan Galvin saga

The NRL is reportedly considering banning coaches from having player agents as part of a major overhaul amid the Lachlan Galvin saga.

The NRL is reportedly set to crack down on player agents in the wake of the Lachlan Galvin saga, with proposals such as banning coaches from having agents and implementing tighter regulations on the cards.

It comes after earlier this week the teenager decided to reject a five-year deal worth up to $6 million and was consequently dropped to NSW Cup for this weekend.

Galvin’s management, led by player-manager Isaac Moses, reportedly had no interest in listening to the Tigers’ offer for their client and informed the club that he had no faith in Marshall’s coaching ability, believing he didn’t have the tools to develop him into a star of the game.

Although the 19-year-old is contracted until the end of next season, his position is looking increasingly untenable after backlash from teammates.

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Therefore the issue around player agents has again come into the spotlight amid several contract sagas in 2025 involving Dylan Brown, Daly Cherry-Evans, and now Galvin.

And the NRL is set to act, with veteran journalists Andrew Webster and Phil Rothfield revealing on their Off the Record podcast that a working group, including the RLPA, clubs and leading player managers, is expected to make several recommendations, including tighter regulations around accreditation and most notably a proposal to ban coaches from having representation.

That proposed change is largely due to club bosses believing it gives managers too much leverage when it comes to negotiations and as their dealings as a whole have become somewhat of a scourge on the game.

“The NRL aren’t commenting on the proposal because they don’t want to be seen to be reacting to the Lachlan Galvin situation,” Webster said on the Off the Record podcast.

Lachlan Galvin's contract saga has been very messy. Image: Getty

“But it will be a massive change — it’s a blight on the game. They’ve been talking for years about pulling managers into line and it looks like it is finally going to happen … Certain clubs aren’t categorised by their coach or players but who manages them.

“Manly is considered an Isaac Moses club. That’s an indictment on Manly for letting that happen.”

While Rothfield revealed that Moses and the partnership of Chris and Gavin Orr would be the most impacted by the NRL’s proposed changes.

“Isaac manages 30 per cent of NRL coaches plying their trade in a 17-team competition,” he said.

“Adam O’Brien at the Knights, Shane Flanagan at the Dragons, Anthony Seibold at Manly, Toddy Payten at the Cowboys, and Andrew Webster at the Warriors.

“There have been several signings, more recently with John Bateman at the Cowboys, there’s been a stack to Manly with Isaac Moses clients. If you manage these coaches, you want to look after your clients. It’s natural to help them succeed.

“It bumps up their earnings if they can make the eight, make the four, win a premiership. They get an upgrade and Isaac gets six per cent of that.”

NRL player agent Isaac Moses.

Lachlan Galvin is the latest NRL player to have their contract thrust into the spotlight. Picture: NRL Photos

Why is Isaac Moses a controversial figure?

The Galvin saga was just the latest incident with a player agent seemingly spearheading the move to get their client out of a club.

And it isn’t the first time the Tigers have been left hanging by Moses.

Moses previously managed James Tedesco, Luke Brooks, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses when they were at the joint venture club and were off contract all at the same time.

In the end, only Brooks signed a new deal, with the Tigers left licking their wounds of three of their four star players heading to rival clubs.

Moses was also one of the agents banned for six months for his role in the Melbourne Storm salary cap saga.

He was then sensationally deregistered for breaching his obligations as an agent, in relation to an investigation into the Parramatta Eels in 2021.

However, his accreditation was later reinstated after Roosters chairman Nick Politis famously lobbied ARLC chair Peter V’landys to reinstate him.

But after Moses returned, Politis then felt blindsided by his client Joseph Suaalii’s defection to rugby and sensationally declared he would no longer deal with the agent.