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The Canberra Times

Read on for the latest news from around the grounds in Canberra sport. We've got the latest on Jarrod Croker's looming milestone, controversy on the local front and the Brumby in line for a comeback.

Even Jarrod Croker's family reckon the Raiders captain might be reduced to tears when he reaches a 300-game milestone so many thought would never come. So, would those tears be better shed on a Friday night in Campbelltown, or in front of a passionate Canberra crowd?

Could the Raiders rest Croker against the Wests Tigers next week in a move which would allow him to bring up his triple century at...

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Daly Cherry-Evans misses his young family in State of Origin camp but the Queensland captain insists he's "not entertaining" representative retirement just yet.

Cherry-Evans, 34, will play his 20th Origin match for Queensland in Adelaide on May 31 to qualify for the prestigious FOGS Dick 'Tosser' Turner Medal.

Maroons stalwart Josh Papalii and NSW's Jack Wighton recently retired from Origin football.

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Emma Barnes started Sunday expecting to spend winter playing for her Brisbane club Beenleigh Pride.

But by the end of the day she was getting her head around flying to Canberra Friday morning to begin her NRLW career.

An impressive nationals launched Barnes onto the Canberra Raiders' radar, with the Queenslander claiming the 24^th-and-final spot on their inaugural roster.

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