John Bateman has signed a four-year deal with the Wests Tigers, sealing the Englishman's NRL return - but not all are happy about the back-rower's decision.
Bateman put pen to paper on a three-year contract with Canberra midway through 2018, securing the superstar edge forward through to the end of 2021, or so they thought.
Fans of the green machine fell in love with back-rower as soon as he took the field at GIO Stadium, snaring a Dally M Second-Rower of the Year award in the same season he helped Canberra to their first Grand Final appearance in decades.