Canberra Raiders NRL News

The Canberra Times

Get Laurie Daley talking about Jack Wighton's decision to spurn a $4.4 million offer from the Canberra Raiders because he's supposedly more likely to win a premiership elsewhere, and the conversation eventually lands on Mal Meninga.

"I'll say this ... Mal Meninga is Canberra's greatest ever player. He retired and the club moved on and had a successful period with life after him," Daley said on Big Sports Breakfast.

There will be life after Wighton, who is bound for Redfern to join Latrell Mitchell and the South Sydney Rabbitohs on a four-year deal worth about $1 million less than he would...

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The Daily Telegraph

The Raiders are walking into the dangerous territory of looking “bitter” as the club continues to reel from the loss of Jack Wighton, according to former Test captain Michael Clarke.

The worst kept secret in rugby league was further confirmed on Tuesday with the star playmaker reportedly dropping the bomb on the Raiders that he is leaving to take up a long-term deal with South Sydney.

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The Canberra Times

The Canberra Raiders will back Jack Wighton to fuel their own finals campaign despite a looming move to South Sydney supposedly designed to give him a better chance at premiership glory.

Wighton has spurned multi-million dollar offers from the Raiders and Dolphins to link with the Rabbitohs from 2024, sacrificing a ballpark figure of $1 million over four years to chase a title with close friend Latrell Mitchell.

The 30-year-old's name will stay in the headlines for a few days yet - because he has been named at five-eighth to face Wayne Bennett's Dolphins in Wagga Wagga on Saturday afternoon.

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