Canberra sign Tedesco!

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The Canberra Raiders are pleased to announce the signing of rising star James Tedesco on a three year contract from the beginning of the 2015 season.

Canberra Raiders CEO Don Furner said the signing of Tedesco was a marquee one for the club and said the Raiders had been following his progress though his junior years and were thrilled to have him sign with the Raiders.

“James is an outstanding young talent who we see as a big signing for the Raiders and we look forward to him joining the club at the beginning of the 2015 season,” Furner said. “The Raiders have followed James’ progress from his days at St Gregory’s College Campbelltown and we know being from Camden, James will fit into the lifestyle and culture here in Canberra.”

“We wish him a successful season for the remainder of 2014 with the Wests Tigers and look forward to him joining us for pre-season 2015.”

http://www.raiders.com.au/

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Big loss for Wests Tigers and their fans would be rightfully upset.

Strange to see Canberra actually make a good signing.

But were no other clubs in the hunt for him?

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James Tedesco statement
http://www.weststigers.com.au/



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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Edit: Scratch that. Business as usual.

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Edit: Scratch that. Business as usual.

Welcome back mate are out on Bail

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I can't believe they let him out.