Remember when the walls started caving in at the Canberra Raiders' multi-million dollar Braddon base? When Jack Wighton decided he would pack his bags and head to South Sydney on a cut-price four-year deal in search of a premiership?
The Canberra Raiders were supposedly in a world of trouble. Who could they find to replace their star five-eighth, who has won Dally M Medal as the competition's player of the year and Clive Churchill Medal as the best afield in the NRL grand final?