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Tedesco backflips on Raiders deal, stays with Tigers

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erin molan ‏@Erin_Molan 1m
Big week for the Raiders - James Tedesco locked in for 3 years starting 2015 - he just told team mates. Huge coup for Canberra. #9News
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On the Raiders twitter as well
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Cool.
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I'm not believing anything until I hear from Worm's "sources"
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Jon Tuxworth‏@Tuxy81·1 min
Raiders sign Tedesco for three years. #nrl
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and we're off.

welcome to Canberra Teddy...
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Well I never
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Just got an email!
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Welcome Teddy..

Love your face off!!
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'Tis true, just got the email from the club. :-)
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Fantastic news!
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Awesome news, who would have thought, there was a fullback available and the Broncos didn't hire him!
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You bloody beauty!! Let the old fashion domino effect now take place. Welcome to the Green Machine..
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YES!
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fox sports all over this now. fantastic work Don...
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Can he move today?
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Please?
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Being a Tigers member I feel sad for the Tigers that their born and bred are being signed up.

Being a Raiders fan I am overjoyed with the news.

James Tedesco signs with Canberra Raiders

Wests Tigers have today confirmed that fullback James Tedesco will leave the club at the end of 2014 to join the Canberra Raiders for three seasons.

The club has worked very closely with Tedesco’s management in an effort to keep him at the club he has played with since the age of 13 and will be disappointed to see him leave.

Tedesco has played 25 NRL games for Wests Tigers since making his debut in Round 1, 2012, scoring 12 tries in that time.

Wests Tigers CEO Grant Mayer said that the club will continue with its policy of developing local juniors into stars of the NRL.

“James has grown up in the Wests Tigers system and we’ve made it absolutely clear that developing local juniors is a priority for this club,” said Mayer.

“In the last 12 months we’ve retained local juniors Luke Brooks, Aaron Woods, Tim Simona, David Nofoaluma, Curtis Sironen, Mitchell Moses and Sauaso Sue, and are disappointed to confirm that James will leave the club at the end of the 2014 season.

“The discussions with James’ management were complex. When another club identifies one of our players as their marquee signing we simply cannot compete with that,” he said. “We wish James well in his new venture and thank him for his dedication and commitment to Wests Tigers over the past eight years.

“James has made it clear that his priority for the remainder of the year is to achieve success with Wests Tigers and we look forward to seeing him back on the park as soon as he’s recovered from his current injury,” said Mayer. “We have no doubt that that in our system there are young players who will reach the levels of the likes of Farah, Woods, Brooks and Sironen and look forward to bringing them into the NRL in the future.”

Tedesco informed his team mates of his decision this morning, saying that it was a tough conversation to have.

“It wasn’t easy to tell the guys, they are a great group of players, and close friends of mine,” said Tedesco. “This wasn’t an easy decision for me to make and I’d like to thank Wests Tigers for their support during the process.

“I’m fully committed to Wests Tigers for the remainder of the 2014 season and can’t wait to get back onto the field and join my team mates,” he said. “We’ve had some good wins to start the year and are confident that we’ll be in the mix come finals time.”

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But we can't attract young and talented players.....

Great news :D
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Dont delete this GE
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Wow, I am stoked! Hopefully it encourages a few of the others to put pen to paper as well.
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Roger Kenworthy wrote:But we can't attract young and talented players.....

Great news :D
Well we can if you use the right bait (ie a larger bag of money than everyone else)
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Stoked! Will be a great buy if he can stay injury free
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Roger Kenworthy wrote:But we can't attract young and talented players.....

Great news :D
300K extra a year talks. Let's not pretend that we are suddenly a go-to destination.

Anyways...I'm pumped. We so desperately need some new blood, and it's impossible not to love what this guy has shown so far in his career. We need this.
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Great stuff! Didn't think he would be the first one, but in truth I don't care! Proctor later today with Ennis tomorrow would go down a treat.
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:thumbsup

We are finally getting serious
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Ayoub you genius!
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Get on! :cmon
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YEEEEESSSSSSSSSS
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BOOM!

bring on some more!

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And the 1st fish is in the boat. Lets get the Procto-pus today too!!!!
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