His son Rory in his arms, wife Brittney holding their other son Tate, the entire Canberra Raiders squad there to watch as well.
There was even cheeky young winger Jordan Rapana jumping in with a question of his own about who's the best flyer the Raiders centre has played alongside.
It was the moment Jarrod Croker's 300th game started to seem real - the press conference that was all about Croker becoming just the second player in Green Machine history to make it to the massive milestone. And just the 18th in history to reach it at the one club.