NRL live updates: Tigers spring halves shake-up in Galvin grudge match

NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo says rules around trainer conduct and time on the field will be reviewed as Penrith face sanctions over a bizarre interference with Gold Coast kicker Jayden Campbell on Saturday.

The Panthers and yellow shirt trainer Corey Bocking are expected to be fined, and face a potential suspension, after Bocking ran in front of Campbell’s potential match-winning sideline conversion attempt at CBus Super Stadium.

Abdo declined to comment on any potential sanction from the incident, or the incident itself given the NRL’s usual review of weekend games takes place on Monday morning.

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However, sources speaking on condition of anonymity given the impending review have indicated though that individual and club fines are likely. A potential ban for Bocking is also in play given suspensions were issued to Penrith trainer Shane Elford and Cowboys counterpart Mitch Dunn for squirting water on the ball earlier this year.

There is no suggestion the Panthers will be stripped of the two competition points from their golden-point victory over the last-placed Gold Coast.

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Amid all the vitriol and animosity of Lachlan Galvin’s messy departure from Wests Tigers this season, one thing seems to have got lost: they wanted to build the club around him.

“Lachie Galvin leaving didn’t leave a bad taste in my mouth, but we had set things up around him in terms of our path forward,” Tigers boss Shane Richardson says.

Jarome Luai and Lachlan Galvin will go head-to-head on Sunday.Credit: Monique Westermann

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“Galvin’s name was on the whiteboard, and it was going to be on there forever. He was a major part of what we had planned to do. But he didn’t want to be there. His name then came off straight away. And with him leaving, it’s worked out well for everybody.

“I always say a ‘no’ is as good as a ‘yes’. It would have been worse had he left it until November 1 to tell us he was going.

“I know why Galvin wanted to leave. That will stay between me and him. What I do know is I’m so glad we’ve still got Jarome Luai”.

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