Wighton had a long distinguished career at Canberra before being lured over to South Sydney. Playing with a good friend in Latrell Mitchell was a incentive for him to come over. Wighton had already represented New South Wales and Australia, and had won the NRL Dally M player of the year before joining South Sydney. Wighton was charged in his final game for Canberra and had to serve a 3 match suspension before he could play the Rabbitohs. He made his belated South Sydney first grade premiership debut in the 2024 Round 3 clash against the Sydney Roosters at the new Sydney Football Stadium.
Wighton is a super fit strong running centre, who has the ability to play five-eighth. He has a strong long and short kick game.
In 2024 Wighton was awarded the George Piggins Medal as the best South Sydney first grade player of the year.
Playing - Height / Weight
190cm / 96kg
Representative Qualification
Indigenous
NSW Country
Date of Birth
Orange - 4th February 1993
Previous Clubs First Grade : Lower Grades : Juniors
M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt : M T G FG Pt
Orange CYMS (2009)
Canberra (2010-12) : NYC 28 18 - - 72 :
Canberra (2012-23) 275 71 - - 284 :
Previous Rep Honours M T G FG Pt
New South Wales U16s (2009) 1 - - - -
Australian Schoolboys (2010)
New South Wales U18s (2011) 1 - - - -
Junior Kangaroos (2012) 1 - - - -
Aus Indigenous (2013-23) 7 - - - -
NSW Country (2013-16) 4 1 - - 4
Aus PM XIII (2015) 1 1 - - 4
Emerging Blues Squad (2016)
New South Wales SOO (2019-22) 10 3 - - 12
Australia (2019-22) 7 3 - - 12
Previous Awards
Canberra NYC Player of the Year (2011)
Canberra Coaches Award (2015)
Clive Churchill Medal GF MoM (2019)
Dally M NRL Player of the Year (2020)
Dally M NRL 5/8 of the Year (2020)
Dreamtime Awards Sportman of the Year (2020)
Canberra Player of the Year (2020)
Playing Career at South Sydney (2024)
South Sydney First Grade Debut
2024 Mar 22 Rd03 v Sydney Roosters (Premiership - 31y 39d)
Contracted Until
End of 2027
First Grade
Premiership : Pre-Season Challenge
M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts : M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts
2024 21 21 - 6 - - - 24 : - - - - - - - -
TOTAL 21 21 - 6 - - - 24
SS FG 21 21 - 6 - - - 24
Lower Grades
(RG) Premiership
Year M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts
2024 - - - - - - - -
TOTAL - - - - - - - -
South Sydney Senior(FG/RG/3G) Grade Career
Premiership : Cup : All Matches
M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts : M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts : M S I T G/A FG 2FG Pts
CAREER 21 21 - 6 - - - 24 : - - - - - - - - : 21 21 - 6 - - - 24
Versus - First Grade : Lower Grades
(FG) Premiership : (FG)Pre-Season : (RG) Premiership
T G/A FG 2FG Pts : T G/A FG 2FG Pts : T G/A FG 2FG Pts
Canterbury 2 - - - 8 : :
Gold Coast 1 - - - 4 : :
Newcastle 1 - - - 4 : :
Parramatta 2 - - - 8 : :
Venues - First Grade : Lower Grades
(FG) Premiership : (FG)Pre-Season : (RG) Premiership
T G/A FG 2FG Pts : T G/A FG 2FG Pts : T G/A FG 2FG Pts
StAu 3 - - - 12 : :
Robi 1 - - - 4 : :
WSS 2 - - - 8 : :
Match Statistics at South Sydney
2024 First Grade Statistics : Lower Grade Statistics
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG 2FG : Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G FG 2FG
Pre01 Suspended :
Rd01 Suspended :
Rd02 Suspended :
Rd03 LCnt #3 Syd Rstrs SFS2 L 80 6 - - 2 1 - 18 1 162 1 - - - - - - - :
Rd04 LCnt #3 Canterbury StAu W 80 16 - - 3 1 2 13 - 140 2 1 - - 2 - - - :
Rd05 LCnt #3 Warriors StAu L 80 8 - - - 1 2 17 1 149 2 - 1 - - - - - :
Rd06 LCnt #3 Cronulla StAu L 80 8 - - 7 - - 19 2 188 1 - - - - - - - :
Rd08 LCnt #3 Melbourne MRSt L 80 13 2 - 4 - 1 13 - 135 1 - 1 - - - - - :
Rd09 LCnt #3 Penrith StAu L 80 14 - - 3 - - 12 1 96 1 - 3 - - - - - :
Rd10 LCnt #3 St Geo-Ill Koga L 80 10 - - 2 - - 12 - 127 2 - - - - - - - :
Rd11 LCnt #3 Nth Qld LngS L 80 9 - - 4 - - 17 1 172 3 2 - - - - - - :
Rd12 5/8 #6 Parramatta StAu W 42 13 1 - 1 - - 5 1 40 - - 5 - - - - - :
Rd13 Concussion :
Rd14 5/8 #6 Gold Coast Robi W 80 21 1 - 3 1 1 10 2 98 2 1 5 1 1 - - - :
Rd15 5/8 #6 Brisbane StAu W 80 14 - - 5 - - 15 1 118 1 - 8 - - - - - :
Rd16 5/8 #6 Manly StAu W 80 12 2 - - - - 11 1 94 - - 10 - - - - - :
Rd18 5/8 #6 Parramatta WSS W 80 12 - - 4 - 1 10 1 126 - 3 8 - 2 - - - :
Rd19 5/8 #6 Dolphins Redc L 80 16 - - 1 3 - 15 3 110 2 - 13 1 - - - - :
Rd20 5/8 #6 Wests-Tig Gosf W 80 16 - - 1 1 - 12 - 102 - - 9 1 - - - - :
Rd21 5/8 #6 Canberra Bruc L 80 18 1 - - 1 - 14 - 115 - 1 13 1 - - - - :
Rd22 5/8 #6 Cronulla Ende L 80 20 - 1 6 - - 12 - 94 - 1 11 - - - - - :
Rd23 5/8 #6 Melbourne StAu L 80 17 - - 2 1 - 20 2 159 1 - 9 - - - - - :
Rd24 5/8 #6 Wests-Tig Camp L 80 17 1 - 1 - - 17 1 151 - - 8 - - - - - :
Rd25 5/8 #6 Newcastle StAu L 80 13 2 - 8 - 1 17 - 135 2 - 7 1 1 - - - :
Rd26 5/8 #6 Penrith Penr L 66 5 1 - 1 - - 6 1 34 2 1 4 - - - - - :
2024 TOTALS 1628 278 11 1 58 10 8 285 19 2545 23 10 115 5 6 - - - :
2024 FG Average Minutes - 77.5
2024 FG Average Tackles (80 min) - 13.7
2024 FG Average Runs (80 min) - 14.0
2024 FG Average Meters per run - 8.9m
2024 FG Tackling Ability - 82.7%
Captaincy Record at South Sydney
Year Grade M( W- D-L %) none
Suspension Record at South Sydney
Year Grade v Fine Wk CO Ldg G CHARGE 2024 Rd16 FG Manly $1,800 - - 2nd 1 Careless High Tackle
Sin Bins
Year Grade v CHARGE none
Player Awards
Year Award 2024 - George Piggins Medal (South Sydney First Grade Player of the Year) 2024 - Jack Rayner South Sydney Players Player of the Year
Representative Honours at South Sydney
Domestic none International none
Player News
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