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Morgan Smithies has moved to NRL side Canberra Raiders on a three-year contract just weeks after helping Wigan Warriors to Betfred Super League Grand Final glory. The 22-year-old forward, who was under contract with Wigan until 2025, is moving to the Raiders for what the Warriors described as a 'significant transfer fee' and joins fellow England international Elliot Whitehead in the Australia capital.
' Smithies joined Wigan's scholarship system from community club Siddal and made his first-team debut in 2019, going on to make 114 appearances.He was part of the teams which won the Betfred Challenge Cup last year and this year's Grand Final but has always held the ambition of going to test himself in the Australian competition as well.'I can't thank Wigan enough for what they have done in my rugby league career to date,' Smithies said.
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