Westpac NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler has paid tribute to Jack Wighton after the Canberra Raiders captain announced his retirement from representative football.
Wighton, 30, told The Daily Telegraph he was standing down to focus on winning a premiership and to spend more time with his family. He also said he was satisfied with what he had achieved for NSW and Australia and winning the World Cup last year was the perfect way to bow out.
Fittler said Wighton, who wore the Blues jersey 10 times from 2019-2022 playing at centre, five-eighth or off the bench, had always given his all for his state.