Tigers recruit John Bateman has urged Raiders playmaker Jack Wighton to make the move to Leichhardt if he decides to depart Ricky Stuart’s side.
The 30-year-old shocked the Canberra club by announcing he would hit the open market and field offers from rival clubs with an option ready to take up for the 2024 season.
Fox League’s James Hooper revealed the Raiders have tabled a four-year $4.4 million extension
while the Dolphins are also in the race.
‘He’s a very good player’: Bateman’s Tigers message as Wighton race heats up
Simaima Taufa joins the Raiders as signing spree for the NRLW continues and it ushers in a new era
Simaima Taufa is a leader, a legacy Jillaroo and iconic to women's rugby league in the modern era.
Witnessing Taufa in the luminescent green of the Canberra Raiders is a symbol of the NRLW's new dawn.
There are four new teams, a significant salary rise and last week, the gates flung open on a seven-week player signing period which will transform the 2023 NRLW season, kicking off in July.
The Tongan-born powerhouse has headlined the first official signings at the Raiders for the club's historic first year in the NRLW.Legend backs Croker to 'lift' struggling Raiders in Brisbane
The Canberra Raiders' games record holder has backed Jarrod Croker to have an immediate impact in his comeback as he edges closer to becoming just the second player in club history to reach 300 NRL games.
The Raiders have given fans more to jeer than cheer about so far this season, but the return of cult hero Croker is something everyone can get behind.
The centre has a tough gig in his first appearance in the senior side in nearly a year.
