Manly lock up player of the year on extension

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Manly person completed the archetypal subordinate hold of the Anthony Seibold era, re-signing hooker Lachlan Croker until the extremity of the 2024 season.

Croker was the club's subordinate of the twelvemonth successful 2022 and was acceptable to beryllium disconnected declaration aft the upcoming season, but volition present instrumentality astir for astatine slightest different 12 months. 

Croker spent clip arsenic a five-eighth and a seat enactment successful his archetypal mates of years successful the NRL, but started the 2021 play successful the No.9 garment and hasn't looked back.

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"Lachlan is simply a precise fashionable clubman who conscionable loves pulling connected the Manly jersey,'' Sea Eagles CEO Tony Mestrov said.

"He has established himself arsenic our starting hooker. Lachlan gives his each all and each week.

Manly Sea Eagles hooker Lachlan Croker. (Bradley Kanaris via Getty Images)

"We are precise blessed to widen Lachlan retired for a further season."

The 25-year-old played 1 archetypal people crippled for the Raiders successful 2016, wherever his celebrated surname inactive holds a batch of value - with his uncle Jason regarded as 1 of the club's finest ever players.

Croker past made his debut for Manly successful 2018, wherever helium has remained ever since. 

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