Had to retire www.hullkr.co.uk/on-the-pitch/ne ... -to-retire

Had to retire www.hullkr.co.uk/on-the-pitch/ne ... -to-retire

Sad-but-sensible news.

Concussive injury could be one of the biggest causes of enforced retirements in the years to come, if we're not careful.

It's far more common for players to pick up concussions than to pick up the "major" injuries, I think and a build up of those types of injuries could be extremely damaging.

I wish Darryl all the best for his (and his family's) future and I hope that the RFL keep tightening up the concussion checks to mitigate the inevitable knocks to head as much as possible.

Seems to be a really decent bloke, and very well respected... The size of players now, and the levels of fitness they have means that, as stated above, these injuries will become more common.

All the best for the future Darrell, you were a joy to watch....

Underrated player who played a key part in our last two GF wins.

I agree that he was underrated by fans of other clubs, but he seemed to be rated by your own fans a fair bit. He always seemed to put tries on a plate for Charnley as well as grabbing a fair few himself.

Every team needs lads like Goulding. He was a quiet achiever that never let the side down and was a really skilled centre as well.

Sad to see him retire but it sounds like it's for the best.

Very underrated. He's one of the few players I've ever seen play so well at centre and wing.

Very unlucky for Goulding, he was one of the best centres Wigan have had for a good few years, Charley was very lucky to be playing with him.

Darrel was a wingers centre, he was never going to go striding 50/60 yards down the channel but he had this ability to be disciplined and run in a straight line thereby giving his winger that yard of space. This is so different to centres ( or sometimes makeshift centres) who push out and try to go round the opposition which in most cases means the winger is frozen out.
Sarginson to his credit seems to try to be the former, I really like how when he gets the ball he seems to check as if he is coming inside thereby confusing the defenders which gives Burgess that little bit of space on the outside.

Good luck Darrel .

Being a centre / winger he understood his winger and how to put him in . An art form sadly missing in centre play these days .

Pity the HKR and Wigan (and all other) fans couldn't have given him a big thank-you and send off on Saturday in Newcastle .

Regards , EW

Sad news, and I wish him all the best for the future.

He was one of my favourite players over the last few years, dependable on the field, a good bloke off it. I'll never forget his performance in the 2010 GF where he made his opposition look like schoolboys. Thanks for the memories Darrell!

Give me Darrel Goulding ten times out of ten compared to some South Sea Islander centre whose only thought is run over their opponent and use brawn at all times because of their lack of any true rugby brain. I could name dozens of the latter but very few in the Goulding mould.
He wasn't a world beater but he was excellent at making the difficult look easy and natural. It's no coincidence that since he left Wigan ( and just before due to injuries) Charnley's try scoring has reduced significantly.
A great club player who was appreciated more I would suspect by his team mates rather than the fans.

Well said.

Or maybe Charnley's try scoring dropped off when Sam left the club. I think we'll see a different Charnley again next season when Sam returns.

Or maybe Sam had Goulding and Carmont.
Let's see how effective Sam is with Gelling and and Sarginson neither of whom are centres in the purist sense