''Loz mentioned how dominant he had been and how much he thought we had been bullied over the last couple of years,particularly by Nate,''Gallen said.''Me and Nate had words early in the game for something that he had done to me. I'm no angel out there,as we all know,but when you're verbally challenged … and then he gets up and pushes me,there is only so much you can take.''
On the field,Gallen complained to referee Ashley Klein about Myles twisting his knee''in every tackle''after being placed on report for a swinging arm on the Maroons forward before landing two punches on him.''He's been doing it series after series … headbutting,headbutting,twisting,twisting,''Gallen said.
Gallen also said on Thursday he had been punched in the side of the head,adding:''They[the match officials] must have missed that.''
NSW lock Greg Bird,who is co-captain of Gold Coast with Myles,described him as a''competitor''.
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''He goes out there and does whatever it takes to make tackles,''Bird said.''He goes into every tackle with 100 per cent intensity and commitment. I don't bag him for it. Whatever he does - whether it's legal,illegal,morally right or borderline dirty - it's football. It's State of Origin football. I love him for it. He's a teammate of mine and he's one of my best mates.
''He's a bloke you love to play with and love to play against,purely because he's a competitor. You want to have those tussles and confrontations in the middle. You're always going to have that with someone that has the type of passion and intensity he does.''