With Luke Brooks' imminent Wests Tigers departure, the rugby league world was sent into speculation overdrive to decipher where the halfback could be headed next.
The Canberra Raiders were one of the clubs on everybody's lips with five-eighth Jack Wighton leaving the capital at the end of the season to join South Sydney, freeing up their salary cap.
But other NRL clubs have stronger links to the Tigers stalwart, who after 11 years informed the "disappointed" club he would not commit to a new deal.