- Two Tigers players in NRL squad expected to launch legal action
- Comes as Lachlan Galvin will be represented by Arthur Moses
- Alleging bullying from Tigers teammates & unsafe workplace
Bullying allegations aimed at the Wests Tigers are set to intensify amid reports two players in the team’s top 30 NRL squad were set to launch legal action against the embattled club.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Justin Matamua and Brandon Tumeth both ‘raised grievances with the RLPA about unfair treatment by the club.’
But in a statement published by the Wests Tigers on Tuesday night, the footy club stated that the outlet’s claims were untrue.
A spokesperson for the Tigers wrote on their club website: ‘The club can confirm that the reports published last night (21st April 2025) by The Sydney Morning Herald naming two Wests Tigers Players were not correct.
‘Neither player has ever made a complaint to the club or the RLPA. This was confirmed by both the players and the RLPA this morning.
‘The story is simply not true.
‘We felt it was important to clarify this, as the report has caused unnecessary stress and hurt to the players and their families.’
Bullying allegations aimed at the Wests Tigers are set to intensify amid reports two players in the top 30 NRL squad are set to launch legal action against the joint venture club (pictured, coach Benji Marshall)
It comes as Lachlan Galvin’s player manager Isaac Moses has hired leading barrister Arthur Moses (pictured) to advise the five-eighth in proceedings following recent bombshell allegations of bullying and an unsafe workplace
It comes as Lachlan Galvin’s player manager Isaac Moses has hired leading barrister Arthur Moses SC to advise the five-eighth in proceedings following recent bombshell allegations of bullying and an unsafe workplace.
Arthur Moses – who previously represented Dragons star Jack de Belin in his legal stoush against the NRL following his sexual assault case where he was found not guilty – dates former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
Galvin, 19, has attracted headlines after rejecting a $5.5million, six-year contract extension with the Tigers.
On Sunday the young gun played NSW Cup for the Western Suburbs Magpies after he was dropped by Marshall from first grade.
It is understood Galvin doesn’t believe he can evolve his game under Marshall, who famously guided the Tigers to a NRL premiership in 2005 playing five-eighth – the same position as the youngster.
On Triple M Radio over the weekend, ex-Tigers star Aaron Woods revealed Galvin was upset with the treatment of some of his friends and teammates, including Justin Matamua and Brendon Tumeth.
Matamua and Tumeth are both top-30 contracted players at Concord – but bizarrely have been playing in the third-tier Ron Massey Cup and fourth-tier Sydney Shield respectively this season.
Tumeth is also managed by Isaac Moses.
The Sydney Morning Herald also reported that the Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) will approach the Tigers for clarification as to why Matamua and Tumeth have been demoted beyond NSW Cup level.
It comes as Marshall denied Galvin has been a victim of bullying, despite blunt social media posts from Jarome Luai and Sunia Turuva on Instagram suggesting the teen is motivated by money.
‘I don’t think he’s being bullied by the other players,’ Marshall said.
‘We don’t stand for bullying, and I spoke to the team about it – that’s not us.
‘We (coaching staff) are not bullies, our players are not bullies. They had an emotional reaction… but it’s not bullying.’
Both Luai and Turuva departed Penrith after premiership success to take up lucrative multi-year offers with the Tigers.
Meanwhile, it is understood Galvin had the club’s blessing when he did not attend the NRL game between the Tigers and Parramatta at CommBank Stadium on Easter Monday as Marshall’s side slumped to a 38-22 loss.
The defeat without Galvin will only intensify questions about whether the club can continue to keep the former schoolboy prodigy languishing in reserve grade, or if they would be better off cutting ties immediately.
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