We love the mighty Canberra Raiders
With the ink on Xavier Savage's new contract still wet, the Canberra Raiders have made moves to lock in the world's best prop long term.
The Raiders met with Joe Tapine's management on the weekend and held "positive" talks to extend his contract beyond next year.
Tapine's emerged as the best front-rower in the NRL this season and leads the league for post-contact metres.
Xavier Savage says his contract extension comes with added pressure to make the Canberra Raiders' No.1 jersey his own.
But the 20-year-old was confident he could handle it and was excited by the prospect of what he could produce in the future.
Given what he's shown during his 16-game career, especially in last week's win over St George Illawarra, it doesn't take a leap of faith to see him turning that pressure into diamonds over the next three years.
Exciting young fullback Xavier Savage has re-signed with the Canberra Raiders until the end of the 2025 season.
Savage is currently on contract with the club until the end of the 2023 season, with the two-year extension seeing him stay with the green machine for the next three seasons.
After three appearances in 2021, Savage took over as the Raiders’ number one fullback in round 12 against the Eels this season and has continued to improve each week.