CELEBRATIONS for Canberra skipper Jarrod Croker’s engagement party were soured after Raiders star Josh Papalii was involved in an alleged drink driving incident on Saturday night.

Papalii was among a host of Raiders players including Aidan Sezer, Blake Austin, Jack Wighton and Elliott Whitehead celebrating Croker’s engagement to his partner Brittney Wicks in Canberra.

The party was held at the swanky Walt & Burley on the Kingston Foreshore on Saturday night. It is understood Papalii registered a mid-range drink driving reading later that night.

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Josh Papalii missed Australia’s Four Nations campaign with an ankle injury Source: News Corp Australia

Canberra chief executive Don Furner told The Daily Telegraph was far from pleased with the 24-year-old back-rower.

“We are disappointed with his actions,” Furner said. “We will work with the Australian Federal Police.”

The Raiders will investigate before handing down any punishment to Papalii along with the NRL’s integrity unit.

Representative prop James Tamou was rubbed out of an Origin game and fined $20,000 by the NRL for a drink driving offence in 2013.

An ACT police spokeswoman said she was “unable to comment on specific individuals due to privacy provisions in the ACT’’.

The Kangaroos and Maroons star has had prior issues with his driving licence Source: News Corp Australia

Papalii may also come under fire from the club for consuming alcohol as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury.

The surgery ruled him out of Australia’s Four Nations campaign at the end of last year.

In 2014 Papalii faced court for allegedly driving on a suspended licence because of an unpaid parking fine, which had seen his licence suspended about seven months earlier. He was fined and banned for driving for one month.

Earlier that year Papalii was involved in a strange road rage incident in which he was forced to apologise to a motorist after throwing a one litre bottle of moisturising cream at him.

Papalii and Croker, who is recovering from knee and ankle injuries, are racing the clock to be fit for Canberra’s round one clash against North Queensland.