Raiders re-sign Picker for three
From staff writers
October 10, 2008
THE Canberra Raiders have re-signed forward Joe Picker on a new three-year deal that will see him stay with the club until the end of the 2011 season.
The Raiders 2007 rookie of the year has risen through the grades at the Raiders and recently had his first taste of representative honours when he travelled to Papua New Guinea to play for the Prime Ministers XIII.
20-year-old Picker said he was happy to be able to continue to wear the green jersey.
The Raiders have been great to me and gave me the chance to play first grade so Im really happy that I can stay here for another three years, Picker said.
I think were a team on the rise and next year we can improve even more on our efforts this year.
Raiders CEO Don Furner said Picker was a high priority for the club and continued their policy on identifying and developing junior talent.
Joe has shown this year what a talented prospect he is and obviously other people see it too after he was selected in the Prime Ministers XIII, Furner said.
He is also another product of our strong junior development program and its always great for us when we can keep a local junior in Canberra.
Picker was originally contracted until the end of 2009 season.
The club also confirmed they were working on re-signing Joe's younger brothers Michael and Ben.
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