Richardson met with Stuart to offer him a long contract to stay with the Raiders.
Canberra Raiders chairman Dennis Richardson summoned Ricky Stuart to a meeting inside the club's headquarters two weeks ago. He had one thing on the agenda: offering Stuart the equal longest contract of his Raiders career.
This is the story of how the Raiders quickly, and quietly, did the deal to re-sign their coach at the same time as the NRL world is melting with contract controversy and coaching movement.
Stuart still has 18 months remaining on his contract, which was signed in mid 2022, but Richardson was satisfied the premiership winning halfback was "simply the best" man to do the job.