{"id":504655,"date":"2026-02-26T05:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504655\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T05:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:40:10","slug":"muzzled-dog-why-canterbury-players-applaud-club-decision-to-keep-lachie-galvin-out-of-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504655\/","title":{"rendered":"Muzzled Dog \u2013 why Canterbury players applaud club decision to keep Lachie Galvin out of spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bulldogs back rower Jacob Preston will line up on Galvin\u2019s right edge, and was another grateful the club had taken the steps to look after the former Tiger.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou saw last year the amount of media around Lachie, it was crazy, but he did a really good job staying focused and worrying about the main thing, which was playing his own game,\u201d Preston said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get out there with him this week. We\u2019ve had a massive pre-season; he\u2019s had one of the most impressive pre-seasons I\u2019ve seen. He leads the way with his fitness, he goes after everything, and improving every aspect of his game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to see him show everyone the hard work he\u2019s put in.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dragons are ready to put some kick pressure on Galvin and halves partner Matt Burton, with back rower Luciano Leilua<\/a> telling this masthead during the week: \u201cLachie Galvin is a freakish young player, he\u2019s got a good kicking game, but we need to get into him physically.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Preston said Galvin would hold his own.<\/p>\n

\"Off<\/p>\n

Off limits: Lachlan Galvin (left) gets some guidance from Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo at training in Las Vegas.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo has been one of Galvin\u2019s biggest supporters, but was careful with his words when it came to discussing the biggest benefits from a full pre-season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think every player benefits from a good pre-season, everyone turns up to get fitter, faster and stronger, but with all the learning you do, hopefully you become a smarter player and smarter team by the end of the pre-season, and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve seen from every player,\u201d Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n

Pressed on Galvin and his combination with Burton, Ciraldo said: \u201cNot every session has been perfect, but we come in, we review it, and the way they\u2019ve learned and executed better the next day, that\u2019s been the most impressive thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Dogs head into the opening round with the most hype, but Ciraldo welcomed the pressure. They are arguably the only club in Vegas with a strong push of winning the title. They crashed out to Penrith last year in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can\u2019t deal with the hype 1772084409, we\u2019re not much chance of being there at the end of the year,\u201d Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGus told me it was a big club before I got here, I had no idea until I got here, and to see the blue and white jerseys up and down the [Vegas] strip, and so many fans here now [at a fan day], I feel really blessed to be a part of the club. Hopefully, we can make it feel like a home game this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burton made the news when he kicked a ball into the roof at the Las Vegas Raiders\u2019 indoor training stadium, but Ciraldo said he was hardly surprised.<\/p>\n

As for Burton launching his famous bombs during games, Ciraldo smiled and said: \u201cRight time, right place. He\u2019s got the licence to do it, but we know what our style of game looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulldogs back rower Jacob Preston will line up on Galvin\u2019s right edge, and was another grateful the club…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-504655","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\/504655","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=504655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}