During the beginning stages of the season ET voiced his desire to move from off the wing and into the centres, a move that would pay dividends and on returning home to Cronulla, Ettingshausen played in the centre position for the rest of his career.
During the beginning stages of the season ET voiced his desire to move from off the wing and into the centres, a move that would pay dividends on returning home to Cronulla. The 1988 season was his high point in the early years when he was moved off the wing and into the centres where he would remain for almost all of the rest of his career.