Lachlan Galvin was weighing up his future just 10 days ago, but life at the Tigers suddenly doesn’t look so bad after an eight-try demolition of Canberra.
After 1441 days, the west has finally been won by the Tigers, with the NRL’s youngest line-up chock-full of local talent and surviving a late flurry of Raiders tries to prevail 48-24, their first victory at Campbelltown in four years.
But the joint-venture’s long-suffering fans had reason to sing in the stands, with hometown hero Galvin one of four local juniors downing an out-of-sorts Raiders side that simply didn’t make the trip up the Hume Highway.Credit:Not since June 2020, the same day Stephen Kearney was sacked as Warriors coach, have the Tigers prevailed in their south-western heartland.
He was the 10th Tigers debutant this season, with the average age of Benji Marshall’s side clocking in at 23 years of age, three short of the NRL average. Twenty minutes later the Tigers could have easily led by 20 or 30. Only a couple of tight but correct Bunker calls, and two try-saving efforts on the Raiders’ goal line, kept them in it.Fainu was held up once before eventually stepping his way through three mediocre attempted tackles for an 18-0 lead.
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