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Josh Papali'i plays his 341st NRL game for the Canberra Raiders against the Broncos at Canberra Stadium, his last match there.
This will be Josh Papali'i's 341st NRL game for the club - a Canberra Raiders record.
It will be the last time he'll play at Canberra Stadium, when his beloved Raiders take on the Brisbane Broncos on Friday night.
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Canberra's $1.1 million offer for Hudson Young complicates the Bulldogs' efforts to retain Jacob Preston.
The Bulldogs already had a fight on their hands to keep Jacob Preston, but it got even harder on Thursday afternoon through no fault of their own.
When Canberra tabled a monster offer to back-rower Hudson Young worth $1.1 million for the next three seasons, the back row market took a sudden and seismic shift.
The Raiders' offer contained no ratchet clauses, just a flat fee. Big bucks for one of the best back-rowers in the game. An Australian representative no less.
Remarkably, Young is no certainty to take the deal. He may yet decide to explore Papua New Guinea and the tax-free incentives on offer in Port Moresby.
The Raiders, as much as they would like to keep Young, won't stand in his way if he heads down that path.
Canberra Raiders' Hudson Young is pursued by PNG Chiefs, who can offer significant contracts thanks to tax benefits.
Canberra Raiders star Hudson Young has been offered the biggest contract in club history as the outfit struggle to retain their State of Origin representative second-rower.
Young has become one of the best forwards in the game over the last year and a half, but his contract expiring at the end of 2027 has him firmly in the sights of the PNG Chiefs.
As it stands, that club already have six high-profile signings, but with Jarome Luai, Alex Johnston, Zac Lomax and Brian To'o making up four of them, and the others being English prop Matty Lees and utility Connor Watson, the next major objectives for the club are securing a halfback and more forwards.
Their tax-free benefits mean they can offer players higher wages without breaking the salary cap, although it has to be noted they can't simply go and offer 30 contracts on a million dollars - they are still bound by the same salary cap as every other team in the competition.