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Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
11 September 1990 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jarrod Croker (born 11 September 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League. A goal-kicking centre, he has played his entire career to date with the Raiders, with whom he became the 2012, 2015 and 2016 top point-scorer. Croker is a Country Origin, Prime Minister’s XIII, NRL All Stars and World All Stars representative. In 2016 Croker won the Dally M Captain of the year award. Croker is the Canberra Raiders highest point-scorer in their history.
Born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Croker played his junior football for the Goulburn Stockmen before signing with the Canberra Raiders. He played for the New South Wales Schoolboys and Australian Schoolboys representative teams in 2007 before being selected for the New South Wales under-18s in 2008. Croker was part of the Canberra team that won the inaugural National Youth Competition in 2008. He played at centre and was involved in the try that won the Raiders the match 28-24 in golden point extra time.
Croker is distantly related to former Canberra, NSW and Australia player Jason Croker.
Croker broke into Canberra's first-grade side in 2009, making his debut in round 2 against the Sydney Roosters. In round 3, against the Parramatta Eels, Croker scored his first NRL try in the Raiders 18-16 loss at Parramatta Stadium. He went on to make 21 appearances in his rookie season, and was the Raiders highest try scorer with 12 tries. On 3 September, Croker re-signed with the Raiders to the end of the 2012 season.