KIWI winger Jordan Rapana has finally arrived home from England after suffering a fractured cheekbone and eye socket in the Four Nations final.

After his breakthrough season the off-contract Canberra winger doesn’t plan to waste any more time locking up his future alongside Joey Leilua.

Rapana remains the only Raider in the top squad not signed beyond the end of next season.

There is no doubt the 27-year-old will attract plenty of outside interest from rival clubs.

But Rapana said he has no plans of breaking up his right side partnership with the rampaging Leilua.

“I would love to stay here,” Rapana said.

“This year has been a great year for me personally and I put a lot of that back to the boys that I play with.

“They have made it a lot easier, and especially Joey.

“Obviously he is a wonderful player and probably a lot of credit goes to him with my performances this year.”

Leilua was ruled out of Kangaroo contention because of a hamstring injury that would have forced him to miss the Perth Test.

But Rapana maintains he was “pissed off” Leilua didn’t tour.

“If I had my way he should have been the first picked,” Rapana said.

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“He had a great season. Hopefully you see him in that green and gold next year and if they don’t pick him he will probably have to make his way inside me in the Kiwis team.

“He never would but I personally would love him to.

“I love playing outside him. I was pretty pissed off that he didn’t get a tour because I thought he was by far the best centre in the comp as well as Jarrod Croker.

“It was pretty upsetting that he never got to go away with that team.

“Obviously he would be filthy himself and he will come out next year firing.”

Rapana’s return to Australia was delayed until this week after fracturing his right cheekbone and eye-socket following a nasty collision with Greg Inglis in the final.

“I went to make a tackle and I just copped a knee,” he said.

“His knee went straight into my cheekbone and I got knocked out.”

Rapana suffered an almost identical injury last year while he had a metal plate inserted in his head after fracturing his skull in 2014.

“Luckily enough for me it was only quite mild and everything was still in place so I didn’t need surgery,” he said.

“The only downfall was that I couldn’t fly for two weeks due to the pressure and the air that was inside the eye socket.

“So I just had to bide my time and make a holiday of it.”

Rapana’s partner flew over to join him, while he also caught up with Canberra’s English teammates Josh Hodgson and Elliott Whitehead along with former Raiders halfback Sam Williams.

“Because I was injured the insurance covered my cost of living so that paid for my accommodation, travel and food. So I was pretty lucky,” he said.

“It ended up a cheap and high living holiday.

“But it is good to be back and I am looking forward to getting this sorted.

“I told my manager that I didn’t want to sort it out until I came back and I have only been back one day.

“Like I said, I definitely would love to be staying here but it is entirely up to the club.”