Elliott Whitehead has shot down talk Jack Wighton is more likely to win a premiership at South Sydney, adamant the Canberra Raiders can win a premiership this year and contend for years to come.
Wighton is expected to take a pay cut of about $300,000 to join the Rabbitohs on a four-year deal from next season, knocking back million-dollar offers from Canberra and Wayne Bennett's Dolphins.
The 30-year-old five-eighth is yet to declare it publicly, but the sense is Wighton has taken a cut-price deal because he thinks he is more likely to win a competition with Souths.