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The Canberra Raiders have confirmed that despite having a full top 30, they have flexibility and possible salary cap space to bring in more players.
The Raiders announced 29 players as part of their squad last week, however, it's widely believed they have also signed Danny Levi on a two-year contract, although that news is yet to be announced.
Levi will complete the Top 30 as he arrives at the club to battle Zac Woolford, Adrian Trevilyan and Tom Starling for minutes in the number nine jersey.
The Canberra Raiders' top 30 squad might be full, but they have the salary cap space and ability to sign a couple of players if they pop up.
While the Green Machine published a senior roster of 29 on Monday, they have added Samoa hooker Danny Levi on a two-year deal.
That nominally completes their top 30, but they do have the flexibility to re-classify some contracts to open up room in the top squad.
Trevilyan's knee injury was the catalyst for Levi's addition to the squad to ensure Tom Starling and Zac Woolford weren't Canberra's only dummy halves in the squad.
With each confirmation and denial of reports about John Bateman's return to the NRL a dagger goes in and out of the hearts of Raiders fans.
If the former Green Machine hero is in fact on his way back to Australia, just three years after he bitterly departed Canberra claiming homesickness, that pill will be tough for the Raiders faithful to swallow.
Not only that, he would be leaving his current club Wigan with two years left on his deal, meaning the Tigers would fork out the $250,000 transfer fee to secure his services.
That's despite the star forward himself refusing to deny the rumours he...