Retirees 2018

[Graham]

I bet you can name them all.

[Farmduck]

I can pick most of them except I can't remember the name of the Panthers player who got a ruptured spleen or something and retired immediately,  and the guy sitting in front of JT with the yellow tie. I guess he's a Titans player but I can't think of any Titans retiring.

[Graham]

Full list of 2018 NRL retirees (Number of 1st class games played):

- Jonathan Wright (Parramatta, Canterbury, Cronulla, Warriors, Manly; 121 games)

- Peter Wallace (Penrith, Brisbane; 240)

- Tim Browne (Canterbury, Penrith; 103)

- Johnathan Thurston (Canterbury, North Queensland; 323)

- Antonio Winterstein (Brisbane, North Queensland; 214)

- Luke Lewis (Penrith, Cronulla; 324)

- Simon Mannering (Warriors; 301)

- Beau Scott (Cronulla, St George Illawarra, Newcastle, Parramatta; 244)

- Jacob Lillyman (North Queensland, Warriors, Newcastle; 265)

- Chris Heighington (Wests Tigers, Cronulla, Newcastle; 338)

- Brenton Lawrence (Gold Coast, Manly; 104)

- Sam Thaiday (Brisbane; 304)

- Jason Nightingale (St George Illawarra; 266)

- Frank-Paul Nuuausala (Sydney Roosters, Canberra; 233)

- Jason Clark (South Sydney; 169)

- Joseph Paulo (Penrith, Parramatta, Cronulla; 166)

- Billy Slater (Melbourne, 318*)

- Ryan Hoffman (Melbourne, Warriors; 359)

[Graham]

On 10/1/2018 at 7:02 PM, Farmduck said:

I can pick most of them except I can't remember the name of the Panthers player who got a ruptured spleen or something and retired immediately,  and the guy sitting in front of JT with the yellow tie. I guess he's a Titans player but I can't think of any Titans retiring.

Are you thinking of Peter Wallace?

He definitely retired at short notice part way through the season. From memory it was a leg related recurring problem, something like a knee reconstruction problem or ligament damage.

[Graham]

How's that?

Reckon I'm correct?

Left you with one to do if so.

[Graham]

Do you reckon the one I haven't named is Brenton Lawrence?

[Graham]

Go on then any I got wrong?

I'll go with Brenton Lawrence for that last one

 

[Farmduck]

The Panthers one I couldn't remember was Tim Browne. The guy I didn't know was Brenton Lawrence.

[Graham]

3 hours ago, Farmduck said:

The Panthers one I couldn't remember was Tim Browne. The guy I didn't know was Brenton Lawrence.

Yes Tim Browne was injured and due to the severity of it heretired immediately.

“ Tim has a freak bowel injury which left him in hospital.

The 30-year-old suffered the career-ending blow while playing in the Intrust Super Premiership in March and needed to be rushed into emergency surgery where damage to his bowel, spleen and kidneys was repaired.

He remained in intensive care in Nepean Hosital for two days.”