Ricky Stuart was right!
Jarrod Croker has become just the 48th player in first grade rugby league history to play his 300th game and it was special before the ball had even been kicked.
In front of a reported 22,000+ crowd in Canberra, which the Fox League commentators would rival the final game for rugby league Immortal and Raiders legend Mal Meninga, there were incredible scenes as Croker prepared to run out against the New Zealand Warriors.
Croker has been the ultimate club man but has dealt with injury blows so much that coach Stuart asked...