George Williams has emerged as one of the biggest free agents to ever become available on the mid-season market. Canberra Raiders shockingly released Williams with immediate effect, just weeks after pressing to keep him at the club despite his homesickness.
The news is understood to have come as a shock to everyone in the game, including Williams himself. The England halfback had informed the club of his desire to be granted a release at the end of the season to return to the UK with his partner, who is currently pregnant.
But Williams is understood to have been completely caught off guard by Canberra's decision to grant him an immediate release, which reportedly came after the former Wigan playmaker informed the Raiders' welfare manager
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