The Canberra Raiders have shown they won't be used as a bargaining chip, ending negotiations with in-demand Sydney Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves when he failed to meet a deadline.
The Raiders pulled a lucrative multi-year contract off the table after the 25-year-old New Zealand international did not confirm his intention to move to the national capital.
Waerea-Hargreaves was spotted having dinner with his partner at a restaurant on the Kingston Foreshore on December 6 and spent last weekend in Canberra, checking out the city.
The Raiders appeared to have produced an offer that was too good to refuse but, with Waerea-Hargreaves missing their deadline, he now looks likely to remain with the Roosters.
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