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INDUCTEES Ask Raiders record-holder Jason Croker which modern day Canberra player best resembles him and there's a scratch of his shiny head. The obvious answer is Raiders centre Jarrod Croker, raised in Goulburn close to his own hometown of Crookwell. Both made their first grade debut at 18, and not only do they share a surname, but Jarrod has even assumed Jason's nickname "Toots". "A lot of people used to ask me early on in his career if he was was my son," 41-year-old Croker said, laughing, again pointing out they aren't related. In terms of playing style, though, think closer to Jack Wighton. Croker was the ultimate utility, Canberra's original Mr Fix-It. He started his career on the wing in 1991, and by the time he'd finished it a club-record 318 games later, he was playing second row and had filled nearly every position in between. In Canberra's last premiership-winning year of 1994, he played every game - four on the wing, 12 at five-eighth, two at lock and eight in the second-row. So Croker can relate to Wighton, who has played every backline position but halfback in his 45 NRL games. "He's pretty much come through the same development I did, playing centres, now playing fullback. He's a good outside back and once he thickens out he'd be a good backrower too, he's pretty physical," Croker said. "I'd still like to see him get another shot at number six, too. Obviously they tried him there this year, the team was in a tough situation, they had to win games and [coach] Rick [Stuart] stood by him, but it didn't happen. I dare say he could still end up in that position. "He's a bit taller than me, but pretty much the same build as when I started. There's a fair few similarities ... but I'm a better sort, hands-down." As so the other side of Croker emerges, not just the dedicated clubman who bled green, but the larrikin. A raw-boned kid who grew up skipping school to work on his family's potato farm, throwing around sacks full of spuds, so strong that when he joined the Raiders he used to clasp the uprights of a goal and hang himself parallel to the ground. "I tried it a couple of years back, I took a group down to Melbourne for the F1 and they dared me ... It didn't work out too well. I slipped down the pole, cracked my shoulder and nearly dislocated it." Croker joins a long and distinguished list of Raiders players in the ACT Hall of Fame: Gary Belcher, Brad Clyde, Laurie Daley, Dave Furner, Mal Meninga, Ricky Stuart and Steve Walters. "At the top I'd reckon," he laughs again, asking about where he'd sit in Raiders folklore. He also holds the club record of 120 tries. "There were so many good players and leaders in those Raiders teams, if you couldn't perform with those blokes around you you'd struggle." JASON CROKER Raiders first grade: club records 120 tries, 318 games NSW: 5 matches 1993-2001 Australia: 5 Tests, 2000

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