Jason Demetriou has slammed speculation SSFCRABBITOHS could be rorting the NRL salary cap to sign RaidersCanberra star Jack Wighton. He spoke exclusively to 7NEWS about his decision to ink a 4-year deal with the Rabbitohs. NRL 7NEWS
Credit:“I was down the back giving the chooks a bit of a feed and phone started going mad and I found out the news has been broken,” he said., which he called out on social media on Wednesday night.
He accepted a deal worth around a million dollars less than what was on offer at the Raiders and the Dolphins, and the NRL still has to approve the contract.He also said there were no hard feelings with coach Ricky Stuart or Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett.Getty Images “Now everything is sorted it’s business time and we get in the game and have some fun and enjoy this last part of the chapter at the Raiders and make the most of it,” he said.
The Rabbitohs’ ability to afford Wighton has come under scrutiny given big-name players Mitchell, Walker, Cameron Murray and Damien Cook are all on the books already.
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