From a 16-year-old premiership winner to a 300-gamer, Canberra's Jarrod Croker has never left Goulburn behind

A group of men celebrate winning a grand final

ABC Sport

If you ever wanted to rob a bank in Goulburn, or take a stab at boosting the Big Merino, Friday afternoon would be the time.

There won't be a soul around in the nation's first inland city. They'll all be up the freeway to celebrate Jarrod Croker, the town's favourite son, as he plays his 300th NRL game.

This entire week has been a celebration of Croker and his long career but that story starts back home because before the 32-year-old was anything else in rugby league, he was a Goulburn Stockman.

"The Raiders have been really good, they've given us 400 tickets for the junior Stockmen and the senior side, the Bulldogs," said Goulburn local Jeremy Ryan.

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