Eric Grothe snr was the greatest winger you will ever see. Who would ever forget that try v Canterbury, from a tap he just tore through the forwards and scored. Grothe was unstoppable. Young Eric is a reflection of the old man, but with the hair and beard, and that low running action coming toward an opposition winger at 100mph - awesome.
I remember a scene from the 1982 GF. Greame Eadie puts in a towering clearing kick. Lazy old Guru trots back, finds that he isn't going to make it, so he puts on the speed, reaches out with ONE hand, and takes the ball on the full. keeping speed, he wheels around, and ploughs back through the Manly forwards, before being tackles roughly where Eadie had kicked from. I think 3 rucks later, Ronny Hilditch dives over. Try and premiership Parramatta.
The one thing I am yet to se of Guru Jnr is the blistering diagonal run to cut down to the opposition winger on the far side in a try saver. They supreme moments in Rugby League - moments of pure genius. They reckon Guru would never let anyone clock him at top speed. No one ever knew how fast he was.
Aahh, the memories!
