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ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has declared "any boss who sacks you for leaving a little early on Friday to get to the game is a bum" as Jarrod Croker prepares to make Raiders history.
If you were worried about leaving work early for a 6pm kick-off for Croker's 300th NRL game at Canberra Stadium on Friday night, Barr had this to say when contacted by The Canberra Times sports scribe David Polkinghorne.
Rugby League fans in Goulburn, Australia are in for a treat this Friday as they celebrate Jarrod Croker's 300th NRL game.
Croker, who started his rugby league career as a Goulburn Stockman, has become the town's favourite son and the Raiders have given 400 tickets to the junior Stockmen and senior side, the Bulldogs, to celebrate his milestone.
Fans are planning to wear their junior Stockmen gear to stand out on TV and show their support for Croker.
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.