Ennis to retire

Correspondent

NRL veteran Michael Ennis has announced his decision to retire at the end of the 2016 season.

Ennis has played 264 NRL games after breaking into first-grade with Newcastle in 2003.

The hooker has had stints with the Knights, Dragons, Broncos, Bulldogs and Sharks, and played eight games for NSW.

The 32-year old has an option on his contract to play another year, but said it was time to be a dad to his four kids.

“To have to say ‘no, no I can’t take you to the park. Dad’s got to stay at home and ice his leg’ or ‘dad can’t go there today, I’ve got training tomorrow’, It got to a certain point where I needed to make a decision around that,” he told radio station Triple M.

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