Dragons star reveals reason behind shock retirement

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St George Illawarra seasoned Andrew McCullough has explained his determination to telephone clip connected his NRL vocation with a twelvemonth inactive to tally connected his contract.

The 32-year-old played 309 games crossed his career, which saw him crook retired for Brisbane, Newcastle and the Dragons.

After making his debut with the Broncos successful 2008, spending a play with the Knights successful 2020 earlier playing retired the past 2 years of his vocation astatine Kogarah.

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He besides played 4 State of Origin matches for Queensland.

"I've decided to decorativeness up this year; It's worked retired good for transitioning for the adjacent mates of years," McCullough said.

"I've astir apt been battling a mates of niggling injuries implicit the past mates of years that radical don't astir apt recognize oregon realise. That's football.

"[The decision] was much truthful transitioning, the opportunities that came for maine the adjacent mates of years.

"I thought I'd leap astatine the accidental present portion those further opportunities are inactive determination and spell from there.

"It feels right. I'm happy, I'm content, I conscionable privation to get connected with it now."

Dragons manager Anthony Griffin said McCullough was "the eventual professional".

"He was an highly pugnacious rival close up until his past game," Griffin said.

"He was the youngest guardant to play 200 games. He came backmost from a medial wounded a mates of weeks aboriginal to play against the Broncos.

"The biggest happening is he's conscionable a large teammate. Every subordinate that played with him would person enjoyed playing with him and respected him. I deliberation that's the astir important thing."

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