Green-eyed fans rise for Croker's 300th but Warriors flip the script

Canberra captain Jarrod Croker ran out to a rousing reception for his 300th game. Pictures by Keegan Carroll

The Canberra Times

Spare a thought for Pauline Croker.

The mother of Canberra Raiders captain Jarrod Croker is too nervous to sit still at the best of times, so how do you think she felt when 21,082 people - the biggest crowd at Canberra Stadium since the 2019 preliminary final - had their eyes pinned on her son?

Croker's 300th game felt like everything it should have. The hype, excitement, the emotion. "It feels like a grand final," one punter told another as they took their seats in the Mal Meninga Grandstand.

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