Canberra Raiders NRL News

The Canberra Times

Read on for the latest news from around the grounds in Canberra sport. We've got a fireworks in the stadium war, a Queanbeyan trainer rubbing shoulders with the king and a man in demand.

At some point, the rhetoric goes, you have to "realise you're being taken for fools if you keep believing what Andrew Barr is saying".

But the Canberra Stadium war is over, isn't it? We're getting a new stadium, even if it is in Bruce, where clubs don't want it. And we're getting it in 10 years, even if we've heard that before.

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The Canberra Times

Jack Wighton's "itchy feet" means he may never shut the door on a return to the NSW side with the Canberra five-eighth admitting it's been difficult watching his former teammates struggle through this year's State of Origin series.

But the Raiders champion, who announced his retirement from representative football earlier this year, insists his immediate focus is delivering the Canberrans a season to remember before shifting to South Sydney next year.

The 30-year-old looked at his powerful best in leading the Raiders to a 20-18 win over Sydney on Sunday, making a season-high 12 runs and...

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Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton says he won't answer a State of Origin SOS this year after he recently announced his retirement from rep footy, while he's also thrown his support behind Brad Fittler to stay on as NSW coach.

The Blues have already lost the series after back-to-back defeats in Adelaide and Brisbane, with their entire game plan thrown out the window when Latrell Mitchell (calf) missed both games and Tom Trbojevic was ruled out for the season with a pec injury suffered just three minutes into the game at Suncorp Stadium.

Stephen Crichton and Campbell Graham are the...

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