Lachie Galvin has played his last game for the Wests Tigers with the rising star set to ink a long-term deal with Canterbury. 

The 19-year-old five-eighth could be lining up for the Bulldogs as early as Round 14 with the team having the bye next week. 

Coincidentally he could make his club debut against Parramatta after he had reportedly decided to knock back the Eels’ multimillion-dollar offer to head to Belmore. 

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the teen star is set to announce on Monday that he will join the Dogs until the end of 2028.

It is a major coup for coach Cameron Ciraldo and general manager Phil Gould, who recently said they would not pursue Galvin’s services when he informed the Tigers he would not be sticking around beyond the end of his current deal which was due to expire at the end of next year. 

The Tigers slapped a $165,000 transfer fee on Galvin, which the Dogs will have to fork out as part of the deal which is reportedly in the $750,000 a season ballpark, much less than the lucrative contract that Wests had tabled.

Galvin’s controversial agent Isaac Moses had cited concerns over coach Benji Marshall’s ability to get the best out of his client as the reason behind his bombshell decision to leave the club which blooded him in first grade last year.

Marshall’s team had the bye this week and Latu Fainu is due back from injury next week to take over as Jarome Luai’s halves partner from Galvin. 

Canterbury are yet to re-sign halfback Toby Sexton so his future at the club is clouded.

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The Eels were desperate to snare Galvin as a replacement for Newcastle-bound Kiwi international Dylan Brown. 

Galvin held discussions with the Eels and Bulldogs on Wednesday and told them he was keen to have his future sorted by this weekend.

His former high school mentor Luke Vella is an assistant coach at Canterbury under Ciraldo.

He grew up supporting Parra and spent a couple of seasons in their Harold Matthews Cup squad.