My special guest is Eric Grothe Snr. Eric is legend of the NRL having played 152 first grade games for the Parramatta Eels where he won 4 premierships. His representative career includes 8 tests for Australia and 9 State of Origins for NSW. Eric has been named into the NRL Hall of Fame.
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
3:22 – Welcome Eric Grothe Snr
4:00 – Getting in to music & finding balance
5:49 – Playing music with his sons
6:41 – Family origins
7:50 – Settling in Liverpool & finding footy
9:00 – Size then & now
10:09 – Joining East Mount Pritchard
11:00 – Recruited by Parramatta
11:55 – Being a St George supporter
12:44 – Influence of Terry Fernley
14:21 – Where his speed came from
15:10 – His first grade debut vs Wests
16:48 – First bloke to smash him
17:23 – Dealing with adversity
19:00 – Meeting Jack Gibson
20:54 – What made Jack great?
21:59 – The 1981 Grand Final vs Newtown
23:50 – A champion team
24:36 – Going back to back
26:11 – The great back line
26:45 – Brett Kenny an immortal
27:23 – His origin debut and Chris Close
29:20 – Pushing a car into a canal in the UK
30:55 – The Invincibles
31:40 – Wayne Pearce & Max Krillich
32:26 – The party room 167
36:12 – Special tries in his career
39:00 – Rivalry with Canterbury
41:12 – The 1986 Grand Final & fair welling Price & Cronin
43:28 – Ray Price’s toughness
43:30 – The end of the dynasty
44:23 – Becoming the Guru
46:41 – Missing the 1986 Kangaroo Tour
49:00 – The brand new Parramatta Stadium
50:25 – Thinking of hanging up the boots
51:30 – The final game at Granville Park
52:24 – The comeback with the Balmain Tigers
54:05 – Naming little Eric
54:40 – Eric Junior coming through the ranks
57:30 - Junior moving onto the Roosters
58:31 – Parramatta 2019
1:02:00 – Reconnection with the old boys
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