Canberra star Josh Hodgson insists he is still "fully committed to the club" after relinquishing the Raiders captaincy amid conjecture around his future and mounting issues in the nation's capital.
The captaincy shake-up comes a day after reports that fellow English import George Williams had raised homesickness issues with the club, while Stuart is also understood to have addressed on and off-field issues with his players during a meeting on Tuesday.
"I’ve made the decision to stand down as club captain and I informed the team of this a couple of weeks ago," Hodgson said in a Raiders statement on Wednesday.