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Jarrod Croker (born 11 September 1990) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League (NRL).〔 A goal-kicking centre, he has played his entire career to date with the Raiders, with whom he became the 2012 and 2015 top point-scorer. ==Biography== Hailing from Goulburn, New South Wales, Croker played for the Goulburn Stockmen club as a junior. He played for the New South Wales Schoolboys and Australian Schoolboys representative teams in 2007 before being selected for the New South Wales Under-18s in 2008. Croker was part of the Canberra team that won the inaugural National Youth Competition (Toyota Cup) in 2008. Croker broke into Canberra's first-grade side in 2009, making his debut in Round 2 against the Sydney Roosters, and went on to make 21 appearances in his rookie season. He was again a regular in Canberra's 2010 side, making 25 appearances as Canberra finished 7th and made the NRL finals. However, it was a missed penalty goal from Croker that ended the Raiders' 2010 season. In a sudden-death finals match against the Wests Tigers, in front of a home crowd of 26,476, he pushed wide a 30-metre kick that would have tied the match at 26–26. Canberra's coach David Furner—himself a former Raiders goalkicker—defended Croker, arguing his goalkicking form had won a number of matches for the team during the season. Days later, Croker was selected for Australia's train-on squad for the Four Nations tournament. Croker is contracted to the Raiders through to the end of the 2018 season. He is distantly related to former Canberra, NSW and Australia player Jason Croker. Croker was the NRL's leading points scorer in 2012 with a total of 226 points.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rugby League Tables / 2012 Point Scorers )〕 At the end of 2015 NRL Season, Croker was the NRL's top point scorer with 236 points. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Croker lands NRL top pointscorer title )〕 On 26 September 2015, Croker played for the Prime Minister's XIII against Papua New Guinea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Merrin to lead Prime Minister's XIII )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jarrod Croker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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