'Reasonability' says Jack's contract should be centre of attention

The NRL are investigating Jack Wighton's contract with South Sydney, but it's not expected to change anything. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

The Canberra Times

It's highly unlikely the NRL's investigation into South Sydney's Jack Wighton contract is going to come to anything. And it's not going to change anything.

There's no suggestion the Rabbitohs have done anything wrong. Given how high profile Wighton's impending move there has been they'd have been mad to have even considered it.

But the contract should come under scrutiny from the NRL salary cap auditors under their own "reasonability" test, which looks at the value of similar players based on things like their position and representative experience.

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