Panthers’ Peter Wallace wants to play more football before deciding if 2018 will be his final season
AT 32, Peter Wallace is showing no signs of slowing down. But the veteran Penrith hooker remains undecided if he’ll continue his stellar career beyond 2018.
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VETERAN Penrith hooker Peter Wallace remains undecided if he’ll continue his stellar career beyond 2018.
Wallace, playing in his 13th season, is off-contract at the end of the year.
He may be 32, but the former NSW Origin hooker is showing no signs of slowing down at the in-form Panthers.
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Despite this, Wallace says he wants to see how his ageing body pulls up at the halfway mark of the season before making a call on his future.
“I’ll just get into footy and I’ll worry about that down the track. — it is a long year,” Wallace told The Sunday Telegraph.
“I’ve just been worried about getting into the first month when you feel sore and sorry for yourself after games. I’m just back getting used to that, but I’ve been in the game for a long time.
“I’ve had a lot of ups and downs along the way. Injuries can do that, but overall I’m happy with how things have gone and I wouldn’t change too much.”
In a perfect world, Wallace will finish his career where it started at Penrith at 2007.
“It’s home,” he said.
“When I was a young boy I always wanted to play for Penrith. It was a very hard decision to leave (for Brisbane) in the first place, but now to potentially end my career here is nice.”