Jarrod Croker

Jarrod Croker
Croker in 2012
Personal information
Born (1990-09-11) 11 September 1990
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009– Canberra Raiders 173 85 438 0 1216
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–15 PM's XIII 2 1 2 0 8
2015 NRL All Stars 1 0 1 0 2
2015 NSW Country 1 1 0 0 4
2016 World All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
As of 3 March 2016
Source: [1]

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 and 2015 top point-scorer. Croker is a Country Origin, Prime Minister’s XIII, NRL All Stars and World All Stars representative.

Background

Born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Croker played his junior football for the Goulburn Stockmen[2] 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 (Toyota Cup) in 2008.[3] He played at centre and was involved in the try that won the Raiders the match 28-24 in Golden Point Extra Time.[4]

Croker is distantly related to former Canberra, NSW and Australia player Jason Croker.[5]

Playing Career

2009

Croker broke into Canberra's first-grade side in 2009, making his debut in Round 2 against the Sydney Roosters.[6] In round 3 against the Parramatta Eels, Croker scored his first NRL try in the Raiders 18-16 loss at Parramatta Stadium.[7] He went on to make 21 appearances in his rookie season,[8] and was the Raiders highest try scorer with 12 tries.[9] On 3 September, Croker re-signed with the Raiders to the end of the 2012 season.[10]

2010

Croker was again a regular in Canberra's 2010 side, making 25 appearances as Canberra finished 7th and made the NRL finals.[11] However, it was a missed penalty goal from Croker that ended the Raiders' 2010 season. In a sudden-death finals match against the Wests Tigers, in front of a home crowd of 26,476, he pushed wide a 30-metre kick that would have tied the match at 2626.[12] Canberra's coach David Furnerhimself a former Raiders goalkickerdefended Croker, arguing his goalkicking form had won a number of matches for the team during the season.[13] Days later, Croker was selected for Australia's train-on squad for the Four Nations tournament.[14] Croker played in all of the Raiders 26 matches and was the club’s highest point scorer with 5 tries and 53 goals.[15]

2011

On 6 August, Croker re-signed with the Raiders to the end of the 2013 season.[16] He finished the season as the Raiders highest point scorer with 9 tries and 53 goals in 23 matches.[17]

2012

Croker was the NRL's leading points scorer in 2012 with a total of 226 points, scoring 16 tries and kicking 81 goals in 25 matches.[18]

2013

In Round 3 against the Roosters, Croker played his 100th NRL match in the Raiders 24-22 win, kicking the winning goal after scoring his second try in the final minutes of the match at Canberra Stadium.[19] On 13 April, he re-signed with the Raiders to the end of the 2015 season.[20] In Round 25 against the New Zealand Warriors, Croker scored his first hatrick of tries and also scored all of the club’s points in the Raiders 50-16 loss at Mt Smart Stadium.[21] He finished the season as the Raiders highest point with 9 tries and 52 goals.[22]

2014

In February, Croker played in the Raiders Auckland Nines team.[23] In Round 24 against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Croker surpassed club legend Mal Meninga’s 864 club career points, taking him to 3rd highest point scorer for the Raiders.[24] He finished the year as the highest point scorer and try scorer for the Raiders, scoring 18 tries and scoring 202 points.[25] On 5 September, Croker re-signed with the Raiders to the end of the 2018 season.[26] He was named as the 2014 Meninga Medallist for Raiders’ best and fairest player.[27]

On 12 October, Croker played for the Prime Minister’s XIII team against Papua New Guinea, filling in for Raiders team mate Jack Wighton on the interchange bench after he was a late scratching.[28][29] On 19 December, Croker was named by coach Ricky Stuart as the new captain for the Canberra Raiders following the departure of Terry Campese to Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League.[30][31]

2015

In the pre-season, Croker was captain of the Raiders Auckland Nines squad.[32] On 13 February, Croker played at centre for NRL All Stars,[33]kicking a goal in the 20-6 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[34] On 3 May, Croker played for Country Origin against City Origin, scoring a try in the 34-22 win.[35] In Round 10 against the St George Illawarra Dragons, Croker played in 150th NRL match in the Raiders 32-18 win at WIN Stadium.[36][37] In Round 13 against the Newcastle Knights, Croker notched a 1000 career points in the Raiders 44-22 win at Hunter Stadium.[38] At the end of the season, Croker was the NRL's top point scorer with 236 points.[39] On 26 September, Croker played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.[40]

References

  1. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (12 February 2016). "Jarrod Croker". Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. CHRIS CLARKE (5 March 2015). "From boys to men, and Stockmen to Raiders". Goulburn Post. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. "Jarrod Croker: Interview". www.nrl.com. National Rugby League. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  4. "Raiders win inaugural Toyota Cup". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. Read, Brent (16 September 2010). "Croker senses new Raiders dynasty". The Australian (News Limited). Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  6. "Jarrod Croker - Canberra Raiders". raiders.com.au. Canberra Raiders. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  7. Adrian Crawford. "Eels scrounge 'ugly' win over Raiders". ABC News. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  8. "Raiders re-sign gun rookie". Herald Sun (News Limited). 3 September 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  9. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (26 February 2016). "Custom Match List". Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  10. "Rookie Jarrod Croker signs new two-year deal with Canberra Raiders". foxsports.com.au (News Limited). 3 September 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  11. "Jarrod Croker - Profile". Herald Sun. News Limited. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  12. Proszenko, Adam (19 September 2010). "Croker leads Canberra in mourning glory missed". Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  13. Read, Brent (18 September 2010). "Jarrod Croker left kicking himself after penalty sails wide". The Australian (News Limited). Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  14. Dutton, Chris (21 September 2010). "Australian call-up helps drown Croker's sorrows". The Canberra Times (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  15. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (26 February 2016). "Custom Match List". Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  16. "Jarrod Croker a Raider until 2013". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  17. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (26 February 2016). "Custom Match List". Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  18. "Rugby League Tables / 2012 Point Scorers". afltables.com.
  19. "Canberra Raiders steal game from Sydney Roosters in brilliant comeback". Fox Sports. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  20. "Star centre Jarrod Croker re-signs with Canberra Raiders until the end of 2015". Daily Telegraph.
  21. "Warriors mesmerise sorry Raiders with hat-tricks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  22. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (25 February 2016). "Custom Match List". Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  23. "SQUADS FOR AUCKLAND NINES". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  24. "Jarrod Croker on track to re-write Canberra Raiders records". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  25. Shawn Dollin and Andrew Ferguson (26 February 2016). "Custom Match List". Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  26. "Canberra Raiders finally get a break with re-signing of rising local junior Jarrod Croker". Fox Sports. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  27. "Canberra Raiders centre Jarrod Croker claims Mal Meninga medal". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  28. "Raiders star Jarrod Croker expects brutal initiation for Prime Minister's XIII". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  29. "PM's XIII defeat valiant PNG". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  30. "Canberra captain Jarrod Croker leads Raiders into future". Fox Sports. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  31. "Croker named Raiders captain". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  32. "RAIDERS UNVEIL 2015 NINES SQUAD". Rugby League Week. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  33. "2015 All Stars teams revealed". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  34. "Indigenous All Stars leave it late". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  35. "Country overcome City in seesawing affair". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  36. "Be there to celebrate Jarrod Croker's 150th". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  37. "Halves star in Dragons win". NRL.com. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  38. DARRYL FERNANCE (7 June 2015). "Croker passes 1000 points for Raiders". Goulburn Post. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  39. "Croker lands NRL top pointscorer title". NRL.com.
  40. "Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII". NRL.com.

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