Josh Dugan, Jarrod Croker to miss round one for Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders centre Jarrod Croker. RAIDERS stars Josh Dugan and Jarrod Croker will miss the season-opening NRL match against Penrith on Sunday. Dugan has not yet recovered from an infection to his lip whilst Croker has failed to recover from the minor surgery on his knee after the trial win over the Melbourne Storm. Glenn Buttriss will also miss the match with an ankle injury, however all three are expected to be fit for round two. Assistant coach Andrew Dunemann said the Raiders didn't see any need to be rushing players back for the first game. "It's a long season, they could play, but they're going to have to prove their fitness 100 per cent, otherwise we'll run with what we've got," he said. Indigenous All Star representative Reece Robinson will take Dugan's place at fullback, whilst his Indigenous All Stars teammate Jack Wighton will take Croker's place in the centres. With Croker and Dugan out of the match, Robinson will also likely take over the goal-kicking duties. "He kicked this morning and was very good actually, he kicked 17 from 19," Dunemann said. Meanwhile Josh McCrone has been named as co-captain alongside David Shillington. "Obviously Shillo is not going to play the whole 80 minutes, so you've got Josh McCrone there ready to step up," Dunemann said. Brett White has been named as 18th man with Dunemann saying he needed a couple more weeks of footy after recovering from his knee injury before making the starting line-up. Stalwart utility Shaun Berrigan will start at hooker and Matt McIlwrick will come off the bench. Terry Campese continues to be sidelined by last year's season-ending knee injury. Raiders: Reece Robinson, Sandor Earl, Jack Wighton, Blake Ferguson, Edrick Lee, Josh McCrone, Sam Williams, David Shillington, Shaun Berrigan, Dane Tilse, Josh Papalii, Joel Thompson, Shaun Fensom. Interchange: Matt McIlwrick, Joel Edwards, Mark Nicholls, Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, Brett White (18th man).