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Offical Announcement: Eric Grothe announces his retirement
Parramatta Eels winger Eric Grothe has today announced his retirement from the NRL.
The 30-year-old will not fulfill his one-year contract with the Club in 2011 after striving to come back from a knee injury.
Grothe says it is a sad day but is looking forward to taking on many new projects in his life.
“I’m going to miss the Club and especially the boys, but I feel it is the right time to move on,” he says.
“I‘ve had many injuries throughout my career and it’s getting harder to recover from them. I loved my many years at Parra but I have other things I want to concentrate on now.”
Grothe made his debut with the Parramatta Eels in 1999 against the North Queensland Cowboys. He joined the Sydney Roosters in 2002 before rejoining the Eels in 2004.
The Eagle Vale junior made his representative debut in 2005, playing for City and Australia in the same season. In 2006 he played all three Origins for New South Wales.
The talented winger played 142 NRL games and scored 268 points from 67 tries.
Grothe will now concentrate on his personal training business and music and TV career.
just put walker on the wing. thanks for the memories guru
Hicks is garbage! Eric did have his issues - mainly with defence - but he was one of the best at making big gains on the kick return. I was watching re-runs of our '09 finals campaign a few nights ago and noted how Grothe was used on most kick returns to bend the line back. If not the kick return, he was used on tackle 1 to give the forwards a breather.
We missed that in 2010, and now apparently 2011...
Our backline next year is going to be nearly all new...
I too hope we dont go for Chris Hicks, too past it, he will struggle with the week to week intensity.
Grothe has not been able to put two sessions together in the pre season. This is not a shock really. He was a good player, had his days like everyone does, but I thought the games late 2009 he was sensational. He was never going to be as good as his Dad but I dont think he ever wanted to either.
Well done on a great career - YOU did more than many of us would dream of doing. Enjoy the next phase of your life buddy.
Good luck in your future endeavours Eric.
As one legend was famously quoted..."played hard, done good!"
F**k ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When will it end
We still have ample talent on the wing. I would now like to see Jacob Loko start the season on the wing.
when guru was on fire, he was on FIRE!!! goodluck with everything champ
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