NRL great questions Galvin call as new footage exposes teammate’s anger

Damning footage of an irate Canterbury player has cast a shadow over Lachlan Galvin’s arrival with one NRL great blasting the move.

Premiership-winning half Braith Anasta said he would be “filthy” had he been in Bulldogs No. 7 Toby Sexton’s shoes on Monday night.

Sexton made the stunning admission that he thought teen debutant Lachlan Galvin was joking when he came on in the 57th minute and told the top-of-the-table halfback to go play hooker.

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“He came on and said play hooker and I thought he was joking for a second and he goes ‘Nah you’re actually playing hooker’ and I thought oh righto this will be good,” Sexton said.

They were orders from coach Cameron Ciraldo who dragged on-the-nose No. 9 Reed Mahoney in the same interchange.

“Reed Mahoney wasn’t happy at all about being taken off, it was visible, and then Sexton’s post-match interview with us, he didn’t even know he was going to move to No. 9 and the new kid on the block told him to go there,” Anasta said.

“Honestly, I’d be filthy.

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Lachlan Galvin’s arrival is already causing a stir at the Canterbury Bulldogs. Photo: NRL Photos / Brett Costello

“I love watching them win and I loved watching them play yesterday and I thought they were great and I think they can improve with Galvin. But if we’re going to be honest, if I’m Sexton and we’re coming first, I’m the chief playmaker, we’re winning the game then the new kid on the block comes out and says you go to nine, I’m playing seven, you are filthy.”

Galvin scored on debut and footage showed Mahoney by himself and visibly upset in the dressing rooms following the 30-12 win over the Eels.

“Even the vision of the entire Canterbury team jumping over Lachie when he scored that try and the emotion of Cameron Ciraldo in the coaching box getting up out of his chair,” Paul Crawley said.

“They’re playing Parramatta sitting second last on the ladder and the coach has got so much riding on it.

“Then you see the vision of Reed Mahoney in the dressing room, after a comprehensive win, kicking stones. You can’t hide what the real feeling was there.”

Foxsports.com.au broke the story last month that the Bulldogs had allowed Mahoney to start talking to rival clubs, just days after meeting with Galvin.

“There was always going to be fall guys, or a fall guy, in this,” Anasta said.

“We know that and Canterbury know that too and unfortunately it’s looking like it’s going to be Reed Mahoney and a positional switch for Sexton.”

Originally published as NRL great questions Galvin call as new footage exposes teammate’s anger