Canberra Raiders NRL News

Tue, 28th March, 2023, 13:51 AEDT
‘Everything to keep him’: Raiders respond as Wighton goes to market
The Sydney Morning Herald
Canberra remain confident Jack Wighton will finish his career as a one-club player despite the NSW Origin and Kangaroos star preparing to test his market value for the first time in 14 years.
Wighton has potentially turned the NRL player market on its head by informing Raiders officials he will explore his options elsewhere beyond the 2023 season.
A mainstay of Ricky Stuart’s side as both Canberra’s highest-paid and most influential player, most in rugby league had assumed he would take up the 2024 option in his contract, which is believed to be worth around $900,000 a season.
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Tue, 28th March, 2023, 13:24 AEDT
Wighton set to test the open market
The Canberra Times
It's not the news Canberra Raiders fans were hoping for, but star five-eighth Jack Wighton is set to test the open market.
Wighton had an option in his favour for 2024, but he's opted against taking that up and will instead see what he can get elsewhere.
It doesn't mean he won't remain with the Green Machine beyond this season, and he could still end up signing an upgraded deal to remain in Canberra.
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Tue, 28th March, 2023, 11:34 AEDT
Why Wighton's ban doesn't pass the pub test
The Canberra Times
Jack Wighton might've only hit Jackson Hastings with just enough force to knock him over, but the NRL match review committee have returned fire by knocking the Canberra Raiders star out with a sledgehammer.
It's unclear whether it's the same sledgehammer Wallabies star, I mean Sydney Roosters star, Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i used to smash Charnze Nicholl-Klokstad with in the middle of the back in round two.
Wighton's two-game ban for knocking over Newcastle halfback Jackson Hastings - albeit while catching him high - just doesn't stack up compared with the cheap shot Sua'ali'i unleashed on...
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