So fair play to John Bateman for pulling the plug on his time at Canberra Raiders to return to Wigan so he can be closer to his loved ones, in particular his daughter.
It can’t have been an easy decision, and it will have come at a cost, both financially and professionally, because the NRL is the best, most intense and most testing competitionBateman’s return good for Wigan and Super League
So fair play to John Bateman for pulling the plug on his time at Canberra Raiders to return to Wigan so he can be closer to his loved ones, in particular his daughter.
It can’t have been an easy decision, and it will have come at a cost, both financially and professionally, because the NRL is the best, most intense and most testing competition