Canberra Raiders NRL News

Fox League

The NRL are set to fly all 17 club bosses to Las Vegas where a cast of former NFL and college players could enter a rugby league combine in a bid to bring new talent into rugby league.

The Sydney Morning Herald
reported as part of the NRL's double header to open the 2024 season in Las Vegas, talks to find American athletes to switch codes to rugby league have begun.

According to sources speaking on the condition of anonymity given the private talks, club chief executives have been told of the plan to hold private trials in front of representatives from all NRL clubs in the week of the Las Vegas season opener.

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The Canberra Times

It's one of the hardest things Jack Wighton's had to do - take good mate Jarrod Croker's place in the Canberra Raiders centres.

Croker was full of praise for how Wighton's played in the centres the past fortnight, but Wighton said his co-captain was such a "gentleman" he'd give him a rap even if he was "shit".

"That was a hard one you know [taking Croker's spot]," Wighton said.

"I would've loved to see him finish every game here. It wasn't my decision to go into the centres and I just did what I was told.

"I hated it, but it was out of my hands. I was just doing what I was told."

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The Canberra Times

Read on for the latest news from around the grounds in Canberra sport. We've got options for the Raiders, a big bad Brumby and a soccer star's remarkable rise.

The list of halves on the open market is so small the Canberra Raiders might start putting wanted posters everywhere from Queanbeyan to the south of France.

Enough to catch the eye of Sam Williams or Mitchell Pearce?

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