Former Canberra Raiders' star halfback Terry Campese will come out of retirement in 2023 to join Adrian Purtell at the Eden Tigers in Group 16 rugby league on the New South Wales south coast.
Purtell is already the captain-coach of the club, but Campese will now be back in action for 2023 having retired at the end of the 2022 season with the Queanbeyan Blues in the Canberra Raiders first grade premiership.
The 2022 season saw Campese crowned as the competition's best player.
Campese briefly turned his attention to politics ahead of the state election during March, standing for the Labor party in the seat of Monaro, but he ultimately pulled out prior to election day.