Jack Wighton says he's waited a lifetime for the "crazy" phone call that finally came on Monday morning, and he's vowed to do whatever it takes to help Australia win the World Cup.
Wighton was the only Canberra Raider picked in Mal Meninga's World Cup squad after Hudson Young's representative ambitions were put on hold for at least one more year.
But Wighton will carry the Australian flag for the Raiders, and the former Dally M and Clive Churchill Medal winner is itching for a chance he has dreamed about since he was a child.