Eric Grothe Senior

[cookieking1996]

someone tell me the try he got playing for leeds

[youandyamum]

Turvey almost got him

[docgonzales]

notice he swapped the ball from left to right to left arm in swatting off those tackles.

i was selling icecreams at the m.a.noble stand directly behind this and it was the last play of the half. absolutely everybody at half time was talking about what they just saw.

it's not apparent on the footage but he was so fast for a big man.

[thesniffysniffy]

some of those attempted tackles were really bad. snr seems like a good guy

[Codude180219]

Try - of - the - Century. Simple as that.

[5overlord]

Cantebury shit out of facing Widnes in 88. Wise decision on their part as it happens - judging on what happened to Canberra against us in 89!

[docgonzales]

mate,

the raiders had been drinking non stop for the 7days before the widnes match, flew around the world, got 3 tries up in the first 12 mins, and promply ran out of puff.

if you want to believe that widnes 89 team was better than a side with mal meninga, laurie daley, ricky stuart, john ferguson, steve walters, bradley clyde, glenn lazarus, gary belcher in it then so be it.

[ManishS19]

fairly good try lol.

[centralsoul50]

eric grothe senior u have givin birth to a strong and the best winger ive seen play good on u mate

[tyfromnz]

6 people . nice.

[bigmaxy07]

0:23 Sterlo would have got done for obstruction these days and they would have looked at the replay for 10 minutes.

[Leftfield71]

Even today it's a fair try. Parramatta broke through the defensive line, meaning the defence was turned around and Sterlo was a support player and not decoy. .

[Farnarkler2]

Coonakid 85 was a shite year for us. St George and Canterbury played the grand final.

[MediaWatch007]

Hows mortimers tackle fuck he could Tackle..

[obzerver08]

Hate to dissapoint doggies fans, but 1980 was the last year of the 1970s, so you only got 3 in the 80s

[angrypant5]

PS i think grothe did score better try than this.. this is a good though

[MatyCraig1]

Does anyone have footage of that famous dummy that Kenny thew that time?

It might have been in the same game im not sure..

[808D3]

No, that was in the 1981 grand final against Newtown. He threw the dummy to get past Phil Sigsworth. I remember it like it was yesterday.

[MatyCraig1]

Yeah thats right.

thanks.

[FoBaLiCiOuSS]

eric junior looks just like the senior

[eeelzeeelz]

he was no danny crnkovich

[durteysanchezz]

your right  hes much better

[chevchevmoimoi]

memories

[bigmaxy07]

Typically modest as always, Eric. You sir are a legend in an age that cannot be matched. These modern day wannabes have nothing on you.

[nasals]

I never get tired of watching it. I was a kid growing up in the 80's and Parra was my team. Just an amazing period and brings back great memories.

[aceaxe]

Stratos1974

melbourne storm:Greg Inglis, Billy Slater, Israel Folau, Cameron Smith, Matt King, Cooper Cronk, Dallas Johnson. im not a storm fan but i acknowledge the talent they got & yeah, theyr all classy

[lmrl72]

we'll never see a try like that EVER again or a team as great as parra in the 80's. thanks for the memories eric, brett, peter, mick, ray and the rest of u eels.

[DeceptiveWarrior]

Uh they weren't the most dominant team in the 80's...In the 80's 'Dogs won 1980, 1984, 1985 and 1988 With the Eels taking it out 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1986..Quite an even share if you ask me.

[coonakid]

the EELS won 4 first grade premierships(81,82,83,86),were runners-up twice(84,85),had 3 third grade premierships(80,82,84),four club championships(80,81,82,86),wer­e twice mid-week cup winners(80,86),had one Rothmans Medal winner(Sterling,87),two Dally M winners(Price 83, Sterling 87),thats very impressive and i havent even mentioned the number of EELS players who were selected in Origin and Kangaroo teams in that era. i repeat PARRAMATTA IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM OF THE 80'S.

[DeceptiveWarrior]

Dude why do you count third grade premierships? What matters is FIRST Grade..

Mid-week cup winners, pfft, asif that ever mattered, thats like Cronulla claiming a premiership win was their Amco Cup, where as Dally M's go to individual players, not the team as a whole.When the 'Dogs dominated in 2002-2006, hardly any of those players were selected in Origin you had 3 max. We were runners-up with you guys in 84 and 86. Rep Selection means jack all in terms of how successful a club is.

[coonakid]

well the Daily Telegraph thinks i am right seeing as that is where i got my stats from, under the heading of "parra, most successful league club of 1980's".

[DeceptiveWarrior]

u kidding right? u believe what they say? The ppl who hire Rebecca Wilson?

The Daily telegraph has the biggest bias towards the Bulldogs, that and they are full of sh!t anyway...

[chineseomg]

Since when did the dogs dominate in 2002-2006...

[DeceptiveWarrior]

2002 - Docked points for breaching cap, yes i admit this, otherwise by far the best team in the comp

2003 - 2nd, lost in the prelim finals

2004 - Won Premiership

2005 - Injuries crippled the 'Dogs, more than any other team

2006 - Came 2nd, one game short of a Grand Final

Seems pretty dominant to me

[ufaggotass]

haha pls u may aswel say the broncos were a force 2 in those yrs.

they never missed a finals series and were premiers in 2006.

2007 - injuries 2 key players near finals

2008 - unlucky to lose to storm. 1 game away from the GF

2009 - going great guns so far even tho ppl had written bronc's off at start of season

GO THE BRONCO'S 2009!!!!

[znotty]

Fuck the Bronco`s,dirty rapist cunts.

[znotty]

2002-Docked 37 points for cheating

2003-won fuck all

2004-who gives a fuck

2005-a duck egg

2006-again nothing

2009-Losers against St George.

[aac202173]

seems like you forgot that there rapists to me

[bestywins]

I'm a huge parra fan but you're wrong about runners up in 85 . St George were,they knocked us out in the semi.

Parra and the dogs were even in the 80's and different teams altogether

[Stratos1974]

Cheers for putting that up, mate. Growing up as a kid in the 80's that brought back some fantastic memories.

I doubt we'll ever have a team with so many classy players.

[parra2005]

I remember the Ray Warren commentary on this try. It went something like this - "Look at Grothe, beat 1, beat 2, look at Grothe, beat 3, beat 4.. HE'S BEATEN 5, OH WHAT A TRY! THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRIES YOU'LL EVER SEE!!"

[flyhalf2006]

80's Parra were simply awsome. Sterling, Cronin, Wynn, Price, Grothe, Edge, Kenny - just magic. I had all the footy cards.

[carntspell]

Bless your parramatta socks for putting this up. Have been boring people about that try for years, now I can show em. Typically modest too, the Guru.

[gc1333]

Glory days, as a kid growing up in the eighties, Parramatta ruled, too bad when Price and Cronin retired that was the end of the domination.

[Christizm]

what a master

[jak12jak]

That's My Uncle!!!

Seriously..

he is coming up for xmas to stay at my house..i see him all the time.. he is coming with eric jnr and daniel! aka boogs !

[BigHewer]

What a bloody legend.

[justin6626]

That try by Eric Grothe has to be the best try I have ever seen!

[Getagoeyupya]

Hear Hear. He brushed off about 400 of em, just like he has swatting flies.