Jack Wighton was born on 4 February 1993 and is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL and Australia at international level.
42 Facts About Jack Wighton
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Jack Wighton has played at representative level for the Indigenous All Stars, Country Origin, Prime Minister's XIII, and New South Wales in the State of Origin series.
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Jack Wighton is Wiradjuri on his mother's side, his family are from Peak Hill and Wellington, New South Wales.
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Jack Wighton played his junior football for Orange CYMS and Bloomfield Tigers before being signed by the Canberra Raiders.
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Jack Wighton played for the Werribee Centrals Football Club reserves sides.
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Jack Wighton left his job as a brickie's labourer to pursue a career in football.
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Jack Wighton has represented NSW Under 18s and Australian Schoolboys in 2010.
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Jack Wighton played for the Raiders NYC team in 2011 before being promoted to the Raiders full-time NRL squad.
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On 22 August 2012, Jack Wighton extended his contract with the Raiders until the end of the 2014 season.
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Jack Wighton finished his debut year in the NRL with him playing in 9 matches and scoring 2 tries for the Raiders in the 2012 NRL season.
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Jack Wighton finished the 2013 NRL season with him playing in 18 matches and scoring 4 tries for the Raiders.
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On 1 November 2013 Jack Wighton re-signed with the Raiders until the end of 2016.
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Jack Wighton started the season playing at five-eighth by incoming Raider coach Ricky Stuart.
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Jack Wighton played at centre until Round 24, when he was selected to play at fullback for a clash with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
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Jack Wighton had a successful end of the season at fullback for the Raiders.
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Jack Wighton finished the 2014 NRL season having played in 20 matches and scored 6 tries.
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On 9 September 2014, Jack Wighton was selected in the Australia Kangaroos 2014 Four Nations train-on squad but didn't make the final 24-man squad.
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On 13 February 2015, Jack Wighton was selected on the interchange bench for the Indigenous All Stars in the 2015 All Stars match.
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In Round 25 against the Penrith Panthers, Jack Wighton was charged with a grade two careless high tackle after he blindsided Panthers halfback Jamie Soward, following a break downfield.
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Jack Wighton was later suspended for a match, missing out in the Raiders last match of the season.
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Jack Wighton finished the 2015 NRL season having played in 20 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Raiders.
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On 13 January 2016, Jack Wighton was named in the emerging New South Wales Blues squad.
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Jack Wighton finished the 2016 NRL season with him playing 26 matches and scoring 8 tries for the Raiders.
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On 23 May 2017, Jack Wighton extended his contract with the Raiders to the end of the 2020 season.
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Jack Wighton finished the 2017 NRL season with him playing in 23 matches and scoring 7 tries for the Raiders.
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On 28 June 2018, Jack Wighton was stood down by Canberra after admitting in court to assault and urinating in public during a Canberra night out earlier in the year.
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Jack Wighton finished the 2018 NRL season having playing in 13 matches and scoring 3 tries.
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In round 5 of the 2019 NRL season against the Parramatta Eels, Jack Wighton scored a try from a Sam Williams cross field kick in the 61st Minute to seal Canberra's fourth win of the season whilst solidifying Jack Wighton's position as five-eighth of the side.
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On 5 June, Jack Wighton made his State of Origin debut off the bench for New South Wales in game 1 of the 2019 State of Origin series at Suncorp Stadium.
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Jack Wighton made a total of 26 appearances for Canberra as the club reached their first grand final in 25 years.
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Jack Wighton was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal after being voted man of the match, making him the fourth man to achieve this from a losing side, joining Canberra's Bradley Clyde, St George's Brad Mackay and Manly's Daly Cherry-Evans.
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Jack Wighton was rewarded for a stellar home and away season by being named joint Meninga Medal winner with Josh Papalii, having finished on atop the voting for the club's player of the year award at a subdued in-house ceremony.
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Jack Wighton took home the Dally M Medal as the NRL's player of the year after polling 26 votes to edge out Clint Gutherson and Nathan Cleary.
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Jack Wighton was selected for the 2020 State of Origin series but was played out of position in the centres by New South Wales coach Brad Fittler.
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On 30 May, Jack Wighton was selected by New South Wales for game one of the 2021 State of Origin series despite his poor form at club level for Canberra.
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Jack Wighton played 21 games for Canberra in the 2021 NRL season which saw the club finish a disappointing 10th place on the table.
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On 29 May, Jack Wighton was selected by New South Wales to play in game one of the 2022 State of Origin series.
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Jack Wighton played for Australia in their 2021 Rugby League World Cup final victory over Samoa.
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Jack Wighton was ordered to attend ACT Magistrates Court on 22 February 2023 regarding the incident.
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On 26 April, it was announced that Jack Wighton had signed with South Sydney from 2024 on a four-year deal.
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In February 2018, while celebrating his birthday in Canberra, Jack Wighton assaulted five people outside a nightclub and faced a number of charges including assault and public urination.
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Jack Wighton initially pleaded not guilty to all charges, but after prosecutors said they were prepared to produce CCTV evidence, changed his mind.