Ricky Stuart urged Jamal Fogarty to accept Manly's $2.1 million contract offer, relieving the halfback.
Ricky Stuart told Jamal Fogarty he'd be an idiot not to accept Manly's contract offer, much to the relief of the halfback, who had spent a sleepless night agonising over telling his coach he'd be leaving Canberra.
From the outside looking in, Fogarty's exit from the Raiders had appeared highly likely for weeks.
That was particularly the case after Stuart publicly admitted Canberra could not match Manly's offer of a three-year, $2.1 million deal to replace the outgoing Daly Cherry-Evans from 2026.