PARRAMATTA winger Eric Grothe will be dropped to the bench for the Eels clash with North Queensland on Friday after coach Daniel Anderson revealed he has been playing with a rib injury.
Krisnan Inu will take Grothes place on the wing and Joel Reddy will return from a one game suspension, with Grothe moving to the bench.
Anderson said Grothe had had a bad run of injuries and needed to train before he could reclaim his spot.
Eric had a pretty disrupted training last month, the Eels coach said.
He has had a few injuries and hasnt been able to train.
And in my mind that is a recipe for more injuries.
A rib complaint has been the most recent injury to hamper the big winger, to the point where he has been playing without training.
Last week he only trained for 20 minutes, and thats not suitable Anderson said.
And the last couple of weeks he has not trained at all.
He has played injured and with discomfort.
He could play again this week, but its got to the point where he needs to train.
Despite his condition, Anderson has decided to keep playing Grothe, although club doctors did clear the winger on each occasion.
After its 22-8 win over South Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Sunday, Parramatta should fancy their chances of scoring another win in Townsville.
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