{"id":40395,"date":"2025-08-03T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40395\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T13:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:45:23","slug":"nrl-news-2025-jarome-luai-quizzed-on-full-time-embrace-with-lachlan-galvin-after-wests-tigers-win-against-canterbury-bulldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40395\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2025 | Jarome Luai quizzed on full-time embrace with Lachlan Galvin after Wests Tigers’ win against Canterbury Bulldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jarome Luai<\/a> wasn’t willing to reveal what he and Lachlan Galvin<\/a> talked about in a brief discussion after Wests Tigers<\/a>‘ 28-14 boilover against the Bulldogs<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

But one thing is certain \u2014 as the former Tigers halves partners spoke to each other on a rain-drenched CommBank Stadium field at full-time, there was no animosity.<\/p>\n

The same couldn’t be said when Galvin was penalised in the ninth minute for a dangerous tackle on Luai, who reacted by standing over the 20-year-old and giving him a gobful.<\/p>\n

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Tigers fans also gave Galvin a gobful on Sunday, showering him in boos when his picture flashed up on the big screen ahead of the game and every time he touched the ball.<\/p>\n

All week, Galvin’s ugly mid-season exit from the Tigers<\/a> and his looming first-up clash with his former side had been in the headlines<\/a>, and Luai’s early spray for the new Canterbury halfback only poured gasoline on that narrative.<\/p>\n

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However, Galvin approached Luai after the game, putting out a hand and offering some niceties, and the Tigers co-captain reciprocated.<\/p>\n

The former teammates also capped off the chat with a hug.<\/p>\n

Grinning, Luai offered three dismissive words when asked in the Tigers’ press conference what was said.<\/p>\n

“Nah, I’m good,” the 28-year-old replied.<\/p>\n

Tigers coach Benji Marshall sniggered, and then put forward an observation.<\/p>\n

“Jarome got booed, as well,” Marshall said.<\/p>\n

“It’s part of the game.”<\/p>\n

Infamously, Luai was one of the senior Tigers players who took aim at Galvin on Instagram after the prodigious playmaker<\/a> had shunned a lucrative contract offer from the Concord club.<\/p>\n

The full-time embrace between Luai and Galvin caught the eye of Eels legend Nathan Hindmarsh.<\/p>\n

“Isn’t that nice?” Hindmarsh said on Fox League.<\/p>\n

“It’s rugby league. You do things differently on the field, and off the field they can obviously still talk to each other.”<\/p>\n

\"Lachlan<\/p>\n

Lachlan Galvin (left) and Jarome Luai talk at full-time.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Panthers great Greg Alexander said seeing that embrace made him “feel good”.<\/p>\n

“Jarome and Lachie Galvin don’t spend the minute or two that they did just there if they despised each other,” Alexander said on Fox League.<\/p>\n

And how about the earful Luai gave Galvin early in the game?<\/p>\n

“That’s footy, bro,” Luai said.<\/p>\n

“I’m a competitor, and it doesn’t really matter who’s on the other side; it’s brothers and opposition. So, that’s how I see it.”<\/p>\n

Marshall interjected.<\/p>\n

“All week, people made it about him, but for us it was never about him; it’s about our club playing against the Bulldogs,” Marshall said.<\/p>\n

“They’re a top-four team and deservedly so. They’re going to play [in the] semi-finals.<\/p>\n

“So, to put on that performance for us today was big for the whole club. And I thought our fans, given the season we’ve had, deserved that performance today.”<\/p>\n

\"Lachlan<\/p>\n

Lachlan Galvin is tackled.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

A few minutes after Luai’s spray for Galvin, the Tigers bagged the opening points when former Bulldog Jeral Skelton crossed for a try. Jahream Bula added the extras to give the joint-venture club a 6-0 lead.<\/p>\n

By half-time, Skleton had scored a double and the Tigers were leading 20-4.<\/p>\n

Bulldogs flyer Jacob Kiraz was the first to cross in the second half, and it looked like it was game on.<\/p>\n

More emotion spilled over when Alex Seyfarth threw the ball at Max King, gifting Canterbury a penalty.<\/p>\n

Only seconds later, Seyfarth was sin-binned for a high shot.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Alex Seyfarth’s high shot. \u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

It looked like it would be a pivotal moment in the game, but a combination of Bulldogs errors and quality defence kept the premiership contenders at bay.<\/p>\n

Prior to Seyfarth returning from the sin bin, Adam Doueihi kicked a penalty goal following a high shot from Stephen Crichton. The Bulldogs skipper was put on report after Taylan May slipped. The mid-season Tigers recruit subsequently failed a head injury assessment.<\/p>\n

Samuela Fainu scored after a suspect pass from Luai to make it 28-8 with nine minutes left. <\/p>\n

Josh Curran bagged a consolation try for the Bulldogs, but it was all celebrations for the Tigers at full-time.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs have finished round 22 in third on the ladder, while the Tigers are 12th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarome Luai wasn’t willing to reveal what he and Lachlan Galvin talked about in a brief discussion after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-40395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}