Canberra Raiders NRL News

Media focused on NRL stars, overshadowing vital court exchanges; CCTV vindicated Wighton amid false evidence.

The Canberra Times

If journalists covering the October 2023 hearing of Jack Wighton and Latrell Mitchell had not been so focused on the NRL stars, there may have been more outcry about a brief but crucial court exchange.

News media reports understandably concentrated on dramatic footage of the violent arrests, a territory sergeant admitting to giving false evidence, and prosecutors dropping criminal charges as a result.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs teammates were ultimately vindicated by a piece of CCTV footage which proved Mr Wighton never acted aggressively inside a Canberra nightclub on his 30^th birthday.

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The NRL sees the Starling no-try as a debatable call, avoiding commentary on unclear decisions.

The Canberra Times

The NRL view the Tom Starling no-try decision as a 50-50 call that could've gone either way.

And footage has emerged of Canterbury hooker Reed Mahoney suggesting the Max King go-ahead try should've been a penalty to the Canberra Raiders about 25 metres out from the Bulldogs' line.

The NRL have taken a different approach to refereeing decisions this season, scrapping football boss Graham Annesley's weekly press conferences and declining to comment on anything that isn't a clear-cut mistake.

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