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RAIDERS player and former Goulburn junior Jarrod Croker has been called up to the NSW Blues Origin squad as a standby player. The Goulburn Stockmen junior was informed earlier Wednesday afternoon he would have to cut a holiday on the Gold Coast short to attend Blues training at Coffs Harbour on Thursday morning. “Raiders manager John Bonasera called me up and said he had just gotten the details,” Croker told the Post. “He wasn’t too sure either if it was 18th or 19th man or what it was. So I honestly don’t know what it is exactly. “I’m pretty pumped. It’s all a bit of a shock.” With Josh Morris under an injury cloud, there is every chance the Raiders left centre could make his origin debut.

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