Jason Croker

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Saturday, 10th March, 1973
Current Age
51 years and 19 days
Place Of Birth
Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia

Awards & Accolades

Dally M Lock Of The Year
2000

Known Family Links

Nephew
Lachlan Croker
Morgan Boyle
Niece
Millie Elliott

Biography

Talented utility player from Crookwell, a five-eighth, centre or lock, was a reserve for NSW's State of Origin side in 1993. Croker, who scored four tries in a club match against Cronulla that year, continued his great work the following season after being selected for Country Origin. A fine positional player, his try in the 1994 grand final brought his season's total to a club record-equaling 22 tries for the year. Croker would not have been out of place with his seven club-mates on the Kangaroo Tour but despite playing for NSW in 1996, he continually missed out on higher rep honours including Super League representation in 1997. Croker’s selection in Australia’s World Cup squad in 2000, on the back of one of his most consistent seasons in his decade with the Raiders, was a just reward for the hard-working clubman. Croker played in four matches leading up to Australia’s win against NZ in the final, including three from the interchange bench, but his 2001 season was marred by a serious head injury after he was bashed in a Canberra nightclub, and a cruciate ligament injury in June. Although the Raiders returned to the semi-finals in consecutive seasons in 2002-04, injuries continued to hamper Croker’s latter career – and the fortunes of his club. He left the Raiders at the end of the 2006 season, after setting club records for most matches and career tries, for French club Les Catalans in the English Super League.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 318 120 1   - 482 181 132 5 56.92% List
Tooheys Challenge Cup 1 2 -   - 8 0 1 0 0.00% List
State of Origin 5 - -   - - 4 1 0 80.00% List
NRL Finals 16 7 -   - 28 6 10 0 37.50% List
City vs Country 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 1 2 -   - 8 1 0 0 100.00% List
World Cup 4 2 -   - 8 4 0 0 100.00% List
Super League 58 11 -   1 45 31 25 2 53.45% List
Challenge Cup 4 1 -   - 4 2 2 0 50.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 2000 5 2 -   - 8 5 0 0 100.00% List

World Cup Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 2000 4 2 -   - 8 4 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW 1993, 1996, 2001 5 - -   - - 4 1 0 80.00% List
NSW Country 1994, 1996, 2001 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1993-2001 8 0 0   0 - 7 1 0 87.50% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra NSWRL 1991 18 8 -   - 32 11 7 0 61.11% List
Canberra NSWRL 1992 21 6 -   - 24 10 11 0 47.62% List
Canberra NSWRL 1993 24 11 -   - 44 16 7 1 66.67% List
Canberra NSWRL 1994 26 22 -   - 88 20 6 0 76.92% List
Canberra ARL 1995 21 15 -   - 60 18 3 0 85.71% List
Canberra ARL 1996 11 4 -   - 16 5 5 1 45.45% List
Canberra Super League 1997 10 2 -   - 8 6 4 0 60.00% List
Canberra NRL 1998 23 8 -   - 32 14 9 0 60.87% List
Canberra NRL 1999 23 14 -   - 56 13 9 1 56.52% List
Canberra NRL 2000 23 8 -   - 32 13 10 0 56.52% List
Canberra NRL 2001 15 3 -   - 12 5 9 1 33.33% List
Canberra NRL 2002 20 3 -   - 12 7 12 1 35.00% List
Canberra NRL 2003 22 6 0 / 1 0.00% - 24 15 7 0 68.18% List
Canberra NRL 2004 17 5 1 / 1 100.00% - 22 7 10 0 41.18% List
Canberra NRL 2005 19 2 -   - 8 8 11 0 42.11% List
Canberra NRL 2006 25 3 -   - 12 13 12 0 52.00% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Canberra 1991-06 318 120 1 / 2 50.00% - 482 181 132 5 56.92% List

English Career - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Catalans 2007 23 7 -   1 29 10 12 1 43.48% List
Catalans 2008 23 2 -   - 8 14 8 1 60.87% List
Catalans 2009 16 3 -   - 12 9 7 0 56.25% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Catalans 2007-09 62 12 -   1 49 33 27 2 53.23% List

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, AJ Lucantonio, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Terry Liberopoulos, Bill Bates, Alan Katzmann, Max Turner, Steven Russo

Sources: ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1997, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1999, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2000, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2001, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2002, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2003, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 2004, NRL 2004 Official Rugby League Annual, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1996, NRL Rugby League Yearbook 1998, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1991-92, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1992-93, NSWRL Rugby League Yearbook 1994, ARL Rugby League Yearbook 1995