At a nondescript truck stop between Canberra and Sydney, a world away from the glamourous Sonny-Bill Williams circus, Ricky Stuart conducted one of his finest pieces of recruitment as an NRL coach. It was early 2018, and the Raiders coach had a keen eye on two prospects from Wigan - Ryan Sutton and John Bateman. The pair were in town for the first ever English Super League match on Australian soil, and the Cronulla Sharks were already circling for their signatures. But coach Stuart had a plan. He told the pair to meet him and recruitment boss Peter Mulholland at the Marulan truck stop, almost halfway between Sydney and Canberra.
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Topic: The dodgy toastie that helped Canberra land Wigan pair
