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Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy has shut down talk of a return to the NSW Origin arena, declaring he isn't interested.
Amid talk current Blues coach Brad Fittler faces the axe after losing three of the past four series, Bellamy has been floated as a possibility.
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart, NSW assistant and ex-Dragons coach Paul McGregor and even former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika have also been touted as possibilities.
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.
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...