Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Saturday, 10th March, 1973
- Current Age
- 51 years and 66 days
- Place Of Birth
- Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia
Awards & Accolades
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
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership | 318 | 120 | 1 | - | 482 | 181 | 132 | 5 | 56.92% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup AU | 1 | 2 | - | - | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
State of Origin | 5 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | ||||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/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 | ||||
Super League Finals | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
Overall | 1993-2001 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 | 1 | 0 | 87.50% | List | |||
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NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - 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 | |||
NSWRL/ARL/Super League/NRL Premiership - 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 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 65.22% | 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 |
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:
David Middleton's Rugby League Yearbook (1987-88 to present), Official NRL Website, 2006 Official Rugby League Annual
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