‘You don't need to know': Marshall refuses to explain decision to recall Lachie Galvin
Galvin is back in the first-grade fold for Sunday's clash with the Sharks just a week after being dropped to feeder team Western Suburbs Magpies after he knocked back a contract extension with the club.
Four of his teammates fronted the media on Friday to declare there was no tension in the camp, despite Galvin's minders serving the club with a legal letter claiming he had been bullied. The interplay between the 19-year-old and his senior teammates – Jarome Luai and Sunia Turuva made social media posts seemingly critical of his actions – will make for fascinating viewing at the club's first game of the year at Leichhardt.
Not that Marshall was buying into any of it during his pre-game press conference on Saturday morning. The former Kiwi international tried to deflect a series of questions about Galvin's return.
'I'm sick of talking about that,' Marshall said. 'I said it every week … I'll pick the team that I think's best. So we've moved on. Focusing on the game this week. We've just got to get the win.'
Reminded that the circumstances were different due to the Galvin circus, Marshall said: 'It's not. It doesn't matter.
'Everyone wants to know why I picked the team; you don't need to know why. I picked the team that I think is best for us this week, and we'll go with that … We've made a real effort to just move on and focus on what we can control now, and that's playing footy.
'Yeah, no doubt last week was a big week for everyone. Just move on and get on with our footy and Leichhardt Oval, Anzac Day, big round, Alex [Twal's] 150th game.
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