Carney bolts for Huddersfield
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England-bound ... Todd Carney has inked a three-year deal with UK club Huddersfield (Getty Images: Ezra Shaw)
Sacked Raiders playmaker Todd Carney will restart his rugby league career with UK Super League club Huddersfield after signing a three-year deal with the Giants.
Carney, whose contract was torn up by Canberra last month after repeated off-field incidents, will link up with the club on December 1.
The 22-year-old will be coached by outgoing Dragons mentor Nathan Brown, and will also be playing alongside Wests Tigers captain Brett Hodgson, who plays his last game in the NRL this weekend.
Brown is understood to have played a key part in recruiting Carney, who was deregistered by the NRL and told he would not be re-registered in 2009.
Carney is understood to have a get-out clause in his contract that would allow him to return to the NRL in 2010.
Carney told Huddersfield's club website he is aiming to lead the side to the top of the Super League.
"I asked my manager to get me to a club that can win things and the ambition shown by Huddersfield has convinced me that they can do just that," he said.
"Along with Brett Hodgson who I know from the NRL they have other international players in key positions and a whole host of established British players ready to take the next step forward and make the club a real force in the Super League."
