Canberra Raiders News

The Canberra Times

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has taken fresh aim at those who doubted his decision to rest soon-to-be 300-gamer Jarrod Croker after the call was vindicated by Friday's tight win over Wests Tigers.

Last week's defeat of South Sydney was Croker's 299th first-grade game and the veteran centre had been set to become only the second man to reach 300 Raiders games when the side met the Tigers.

But after the Rabbitohs game, Stuart announced he would omit Croker for the clash against the Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium.

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The Canberra Times

Jamal Fogarty sunk his boot into the Wests Tigers - but not before a Tom Starling sin bin turned the game on its head.

And then Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart took aim at the critics of his decision to rest club legend Jarrod Croker so he could play his 300^th NRL game at home next week.

Fogarty scored two tries - set up with his own kicks - and then set up another - also with a kick - as the Canberra Raiders got out to an 18-0 lead.

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Wide World of Sports

Ricky Stuart's Raiders scraped home against the Wests Tigers yet the Canberra coach had some stern words for the naysayers over his decision to rest skipper Jarrod Croker.

Stuart took aim at some of the officiating in the 20-19 win, which was decided by a penalty goal late when Tigers second-rower Isaiah Papali'i crashed into halfback Jamal Foggarty's legs after he attempted to lock up the scores with a field goal in the dying minutes.

However, the Raiders coach was more frustrated by some of the noise surrounding his decision to rest Croker for the game to ensure the Green Machine legend would play his 300th NRL game in Canberra next...

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