A 1st for the year surely?
NSWRL site - Team of the Week.
. Lachlan Galvin. Club: Wests Tigers. SOO appearances: 0. TOTW selections: 3
Making back-to-back appearances in Team of the Week, the young half had yet another shining performance after steering his team to a win over the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.
Stepping up when halfback Aiden Sezer didn’t return to the field of play for the second half, the five-eighth ran for 204 metres, made three tackle breaks and kicked for 235 metres.
Apisai Koroisau. Club: Wests Tigers. SOO appearances: 4. TOTW selections: 3.
The skipper for the Tigers was just about everywhere on Thursday night as he dragged Benji Marshall’s men to a second-straight win.
Trailing 16-0, his four-pointer kicked off a run of five unanswered tries. Koroisau added to that with four tackle-busts, 77 run metres, three conversions from four attempts and 33 tackles.
Samuela Fainu. Club: Wests Tigers. SOO appearances: 0. TOTW selections: 2.
Fainu appears in TOTW for the second time in four matches following his efforts at Leichhardt Oval against his former club.
He finished the match with 130 run metres (70 post-contact) a line-break, five tackle-busts, 34 tackles, and powered his way over the line to score with seconds remaining to put an exclamation mark on their 34-26 victory.
Nine Sports 'The Mole' Team of the week.
1. Heath Mason (Wests Tigers)
Put under immense pressure by Manly but after a shaky start, the pint-sized utility shone in the massive upset win by the Tigers, scoring a determined try and making a line break.
6. Lachie Galvin (Tigers)
The exciting rookie gave a five-star performance in the shock win over Manly, showing great maturity to steer the Tigers around the park and lay on tries with pin-point passes.
11. Samuela Fainu (Tigers)
Played the best game of his short NRL career, scoring a try and constantly troubling the Manly defence with his wide running in the big upset on Thursday night at Leichhardt.
The Mole's Team of the Week
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