Raiders superstar Jack Wighton is reportedly set to make a decision regarding his future in the coming days and it has been revealed how the Rabbitohs can afford to sign the Origin gun.
As it stands, the Dolphins, Raiders and Rabbitohs are fighting for his signature with the Canberra club the first to table an offer worth a reported $4.4 million over four seasons.
Meanwhile, Wayne Bennett reportedly met with Wighton and tabled a four-year offer said to be worth $1 million-per-season.
Rabbitohs’ ‘surplus cash’ stowed away to secure marquee star as Wighton race heats up
Wighton saga shows it's time for NRL to rethink broken salary cap
If the NRL salary cap's working, then I'm the Canberra Raiders' next star playmaker.
Because if it is working, then how do you explain to Raiders fans how their star five-eighth Jack Wighton is even a possibility of leaving the club - not for $1 million more, but $1 million less?
While the Raiders have laid their $4.4 million, four-year offer on the NRL card table, South Sydney were reportedly offering just $3.4 million over the same period.
'Quite overwhelming': Raiders face massive selection migraine
Jarrod Croker describes the leadership group's backing that led to his NRL recall as overwhelming, but the Canberra Raiders co-captain says it's up to him to perform to keep his spot.
Croker is part of the selection headache brewing for Raiders coach Ricky Stuart ahead of their revenge mission against the Redcliffe Dolphins at Wagga Wagga next Saturday.
Forget about a headache, this is more like a selection migraine.
