Jarrod Croker is hoping to only miss the first three weeks of Canberra’s 2017 campaign after dislocating his knee cap in the NRL All Stars match.

“Round 4 or 5 is the goal at the moment, but to tell you the truth, it’s very hard to sit down and map it out when you don’t know how it’s going to be tomorrow compared to yesterday” Croker told NRL.com.

“The swelling, the ability to work out and stuff like that varies from day to day so it’s a bit frustrating at the moment.”

The Raiders are expected to hand englishman Jordan Turner his debut in Croker’s absence.