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Daily Telegraph
14-06-2025
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- Daily Telegraph
2025 Peter Mulholland Cup live stream: St Gregory's College v Hills Sports High
Don't miss out on the headlines from Rugby League Live Stream. Followed categories will be added to My News. When St Gregory's College coach Tom Morrison calls bullocking lock Lorima Cosgrave a Mack truck, he means it. He still has the tyre mark down his chest to prove it. Coming head-to-head with his young charge in a local seniors game, Morrison got a first hand insight of what other front rowers across the Peter Mulholland Cup have had to deal with this season. It is a raw power he wants to see again when the proud Campbelltown nursery hosts Hills Sports High on Tuesday. The clash will be exclusively live streamed FREE on KommunityTV. Lorima Cosgrave in action for the Western Suburbs Magpies in the SG Ball Cup. Picture Warren Gannon Photography 'He is a Mack truck, once he gets going he is very hard to knock off centre,' Morrison said. 'He played some games in the seniors for Campbelltown City and he scored a good try in the game against us. He made half a break and I came across thinking I could make a cover tackle on him. 'He stomped me into the turf and kept on running to the tryline. 'He is a classy player, but I keep trying to tell him he isn't a dummy-half anymore, he's a middle forward out and out.' The lock is one of several players in an undersized engine room which has continued to punch above its weight in 2025. Ryan Mackander in action for the Macarthur Tigers in the Laurie Daley Cup. Picture Warren Gannon Photography Front rower Ryan Mackander has been phenomenal for the school, while Jake Gaffney has shown he isn't afraid to hold the gloves up against bigger opposition packs. With two wins from two games, St Gregory's have already punched their ticket to the finals series, putting last year's anguish of missing play-offs by a mere two points on for-and-against. While the result of their contest against Hills Sports High doesn't matter in the grand scheme of the season, for Morrison a win is almost critical. 'We want to play well at our school and put on a show for the school,' he said. 'A lot of teams really enjoy their home field advantage, but we haven't had that in recent years. We have really struggled for results there, so we want to give them something to cheer.' It will be a final run out for Hills Sports High who are not able to qualify for the finals after losing their opening two matches of the season. Originally published as 2025 Peter Mulholland Cup live stream: St Gregory's College v Hills Sports High
Sydney Morning Herald
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘You don't need to know': Marshall refuses to explain decision to recall Lachie Galvin
Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall has refused to justify his decision to recall Lachlan Galvin just a week after dropping him, declaring: 'Why would I care what people say?' 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.
The Age
26-04-2025
- Sport
- The Age
‘You don't need to know': Marshall refuses to explain decision to recall Lachie Galvin
Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall has refused to justify his decision to recall Lachlan Galvin just a week after dropping him, declaring: 'Why would I care what people say?' 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.
Daily Mail
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Footy bullying legal drama explodes as two more players take action against NRL club - and the game's most controversial player agent hires top barrister
Bullying allegations aimed at the Wests Tigers are set to intensify amid reports two players in the team's top 30 NRL squad are set to launch legal action against the embattled club. It comes as Lachlan Galvin's player manager Isaac Moses has hired leading barrister Arthur Moses SC to advise the five-eighth in proceedings following recent bombshell allegations of bullying and an unsafe workplace. Arthur Moses - who previously represented Dragons star Jack de Belin in his legal stoush against the NRL following his sexual assault case where he was found not guilty - dates former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Galvin, 19, has attracted headlines after rejecting a $5.5million, six-year contract extension with the Tigers. On Sunday the young gun played NSW Cup for the Western Suburbs Magpies after he was dropped by Marshall from first grade. It is understood Galvin doesn't believe he can evolve his game under Marshall, who famously guided the Tigers to a NRL premiership in 2005 playing five-eighth - the same position as the youngster. Galvin has attracted headlines after rejecting a $5.5million, six-year contract extension with the Tigers (pictured, playing in the NSW Cup for the Western Suburbs Magpies on Easter Monday after he was dropped from first grade) On Triple M Radio over the weekend, ex-Tigers star Aaron Woods revealed Galvin was upset with the treatment of some of his friends and teammates, including Justin Matamua and Brendon Tumeth. Matamua and Tumeth are both top-30 contracted players at Concord - but bizarrely have been playing in the third-tier Ron Massey Cup and fourth-tier Sydney Shield respectively this season. Tumeth is also managed by Isaac Moses. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) will approach the Tigers for clarification as to why Matamua and Tumeth have been demoted beyond NSW Cup level. It comes as Marshall denied Galvin has been a victim of bullying, despite blunt social media posts from Jarome Luai and Sunia Turuva on Instagram suggesting the teen is motivated by money. 'I don't think he's being bullied by the other players,' Marshall said. 'We don't stand for bullying, and I spoke to the team about it - that's not us. 'We (coaching staff) are not bullies, our players are not bullies. They had an emotional reaction... but it's not bullying.' Both Luai and Turuva departed Penrith after premiership success to take up lucrative multi-year offers with the Tigers. Meanwhile, it is understood Galvin had the club's blessing when he did not attend the NRL game between the Tigers and Parramatta at CommBank Stadium on Easter Monday as Marshall's side slumped to a 38-22 loss. The defeat without Galvin will only intensify questions about whether the club can continue to keep the former schoolboy prodigy languishing in reserve grade, or if they would be better off cutting ties immediately.
