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Wests Tigers have rekindled their NRL season with a 22-16 win over rivals Canterbury in which Bulldogs playmaker Lachlan Galvin was relentlessly booed and jeered by supporters of his old club.<\/p>\n
Nearly a year has passed since Galvin walked out on Benji Marshall\u2019s side to move to Belmore, but the pain of his acrimonious exit has clearly not subsided for Tigers fans.<\/p>\n
Galvin was booed with every touch from start to finish at CommBank Stadium on Saturday and received the biggest jeers from the 17,505 crowd when Jarome Luai sidestepped and later belted the Bulldogs\u2019 halfback.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if he notices, but it\u2019s what\u2019s going to make him a very good player down the track is that he deals with this stuff all the time,\u201d Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe deals with people talking about him all the time, people booing him. I get it, it\u2019s footy, but he\u2019ll be a better player for it.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything\u2019s tribal, we love our clubs, we love our teams, we love our players, and that stuff comes out \u2013 it\u2019ll die off eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old moved to Canterbury because he felt he wouldn\u2019t improve under Marshall\u2019s coaching, but since his arrival the Bulldogs\u2019 results have gone backwards.<\/p>\n
The Dogs have won just 38 per cent of their games since Galvin\u2019s arrival last season and are 4-8 in 2026, boasting just one win in their last six after losing to the Tigers.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to ask the fans [if it\u2019s time to move on], you can\u2019t tell them how to feel,\u201d said Marshall.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not up to me but they [the fans] never forget, that\u2019s the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lachie Galvin was booed relentlessly by fans of his former club.Getty Images<\/p>\n
Marshall\u2019s men, meanwhile, snapped a three-game losing run, racing out to a 16-6 half-time lead before holding off a second-half Canterbury fightback.<\/p>\n
Buoyed by the return of hooker Api Koroisau and classy fullback Jahream Bula, the Tigers flung the ball to the left and winger Jeral Skelton crossed after four minutes.<\/p>\n
Right winger Faaletino Tavana was next to go over for the Tigers when he claimed a Jock Madden bomb and touched down.<\/p>\n
Bula then slid over off a Kai Pearce-Paul offload before the Bulldogs got their act together as half-time approached.<\/p>\n
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Jarome Luai celebrates during the win over the Bulldogs.NRL Photos<\/p>\n
Jacob Kiraz weaved his way through the Tigers defence to get Cameron Ciraldo\u2019s side on the board in the 37th minute before Bula got across to prevent Dogs captain Stephen Crichton from grounding the ball.<\/p>\n
Canterbury dominated possession in the early stages of the second half and after Galvin hoofed a grubber kick dead, winger Enari Tuala move the Bulldogs to within six points.<\/p>\n
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