Raiders to ramp up contract talks

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  View image | gettyimages.com  They're building one of the NRL's best young rosters and the Canberra Raiders will step up contract talks to lock up their key players long-term over the next few weeks.

The Raiders have vowed to upgrade and extend a number of players to keep them from the clutches of rivals and achieve their goal of sustained success.

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart declined to discuss contracts publicly, but Fairfax Media understands Jack Wighton (off contract end of 2016), Josh Papalii (2016), Blake Austin (2017) and Shannon Boyd (2017) are among the priorities.

The Raiders are in a strong position to increase the contracts of their proven young players with highly paid players Terry Campese, Brett White, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Dane Tilse, David Shillington, Josh Dugan and Blake Ferguson moved on the past few seasons.

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