It started with a borrowed pressure washer and ended in Jamal Fogarty becoming a fishing convert.
On the Murrumbidgee River last weekend, Canberra Raiders halves Jack Wighton and Fogarty proved they work together just as well with a fishing rod in hand as they do with a Steeden.
The Raiders are all back on deck after the Christmas and New Year break, and the team have wasted no time at all building on the bonds forged in a tumultuous 2022 NRL season that saw the Green Machine charge into the finals and fall just two wins short of the decider.