Christian Welch has been medically retired due to an ongoing debilitating back injury, bringing down the curtain on a 163-game career.

Melbourne veteran Christian Welch has announced his retirement from the NRL, with the State of Origin star revealing he required a cocktail of drugs to get through last year's NRL grand final due ...

Welch is now preparing to undergo a discectomy to relieve the nerve pressure that makes simple things like bending over extremely painful. Christian Welch (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images ...

Melbourne Storm veteran Christian Welch has confirmed his immediate retirement from the NRL after 10 seasons in which he overcame three ACL injuries and a ruptured Achilles to play 163 games.

Welch said even bending down to tie up his shoes had become a chore and the decision to walk away after 163 games was all the more “shattering” declaring the squad depth at Storm is the best ...

Former skipper and star prop Christian Welch feels he could miss out on another Melbourne NRL premiership after being forced into retirement with a back injury. Injury robbed Christian Welch of ...

Storm star Christian Welch has announced his immediate retirement. Picture: Michael Klein There had been whispers of potential retirement throughout the pre-season but social media began to buzz ...

The playing future of Melbourne Storm forward Christian Welch is in doubt with the one-time Queensland Origin forward contemplating a medical retirement. Watch every game of the 2025 NRL Pre-Season ...

Melbourne Storm and Queensland prop Christian Welch chats to Ned Hall about his life-changing trip to Uganda which is the subject of a documentary, how what the Melbourne Storm went through last ...