Hudson Young re-signs with the Raiders

Watch: Hudson Young speaks after signing new Raiders deal

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00:00 Yeah, really exciting mate, for myself and my family and my partner here in Canberra.

00:05 Really settled and it's my family down here and I've been down here since an 18 year old

00:10 kid and yeah, really happy to stay.

00:12 Obviously when I come down here it was a second crack at having a go at footy and coming off

00:17 the back of a suspension.

00:18 So for the club to show faith in me and take a punt on me and being able to stay loyal

00:24 to the club and repaid in that regard.

00:27 Obviously I've made that pretty clear that I want to be a captain down the track and

00:32 in good time and it comes off the back of good performances and being around the club

00:36 for some time now.

00:37 Still only young, just turned 25 so I feel like best footy is in front of us and I feel

00:42 like we're building a real good squad here and I can't wait to spend the next few years

00:46 down here.

00:47 Still only young.

00:48 Yeah, Lachlan's great, he's a great player and he's getting better and better.

00:50 He's got his best of years in front of him too so yeah, it's great for the club to have

00:54 someone of his calibre sign long term for us.

00:56 Yeah, Lachlan's great.

00:57 Each year he's getting better and better as a player and even off the field as his leadership

01:01 skills are getting a lot better so I see a big future for him at the club and hopefully

01:06 one day he'll captain this club.

01:07 I think that's something he wants to do so hopefully he will and he'll be around for

01:11 a long time.

01:12 The game this weekend?

01:13 Yeah, I don't really care what anyone else says outside of these walls in here.

01:18 We know what we've got and the belief is as strong as ever and we're confident and trained

01:23 really well this week so we're feeling good.

01:26 We've had a good week, no-one's expecting us to go up there and win but we've got the

01:30 belief and confidence that we can go up there and cause the upset so we've had a good week

01:35 and we're full of energy and we're just looking forward to getting up there and hopefully

01:38 putting on a good show.

01:39 Yeah.

01:40 Yeah.

01:41 Yeah.

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