Australian rugby league football coach and former player
Mal Meninga AM
Personal information
Full name
Malcolm Norman Meninga
Born
(1960-07-08) 8 July 1960 (age 63) Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Height
184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position
Centre
Club
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1979–85
Southern Suburbs
109
78
314
0
894
1984–85
St Helens
31
28
8
0
128
1986–94
Canberra Raiders
166
74
283
2
864
Total
306
180
605
2
1886
Representative
Years
Team
Pld
T
G
FG
P
1979–85
Brisbane
23
8
52
0
130
1981
South Queensland
1
5
9
0
33
1979–94
Queensland
32
6
69
0
161
1982–94
Australia
46
21
96
0
272
1988
President's XIII
1
1
2
0
8
Coaching information
Club
Years
Team
Gms
W
D
L
W%
1997–01
Canberra Raiders
125
66
2
57
53
Representative
Years
Team
Gms
W
D
L
W%
2005–12
Prime Minister's XIII
8
7
1
0
88
2006–15
Queensland
30
20
0
10
67
2014–15
Papua New Guinea
2
1
0
1
50
2015
PNG PM's XIII
1
0
0
1
0
2016–
Australia
26
23
0
3
88
2016–
Prime Minister's XIII
6
6
0
0
100
2017
World All Stars
1
0
0
1
0
Source: [1][2][3][4][5][6]
As of 4 November 2023
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Malcolm Norman MeningaAM (/məˈnɪŋɡə/; born 8 July 1960) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Australian national team[7] and a former professional rugby league footballer. Meninga is widely regarded as one of the finest players in the game's history. He enjoyed a long career in both Australia and England, playing mainly as a goal-kicking centre. After retiring, Meninga has enjoyed success as a coach, and is currently the head coach of Australia.[7]
Meninga broke numerous rugby league records during his playing career. He retired with the most appearances in the history of the Australian national team, and became the top-point scorer ever in State of Origin football. He has since been honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia, has been inducted into the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame and has also been named in both Queensland's and Australia's teams of the century.
Meninga is the only player in history to be selected for four Kangaroo Tours. He toured with the Kangaroos in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994, appearing in every test match against Great Britain and France on all four tours. He is also the only player to captain two Kangaroo Tours, in 1990 and 1994. Additionally he is one of five players, along with Wally Lewis, Peter Sterling, Brett Kenny and Gene Miles, who were members of the undefeated 1982 and 1986 tours, known as 'the Invincibles' and 'the Unbeatables' respectively. .
As a coach, he began with the Canberra Raiders, before coaching Queensland to nine State of Origin titles between 2006 and 2015. He became coach of Australia in 2016 and led the Kangaroos to win the 2017 World Cup and the 2021 World Cup.
On 1 August 2018 Meninga was named the 13th Immortal.
^NRL Stats[permanent dead link]
^"Saints Heritage Society". www.saints.org.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^Dollin, Shawn; Ferguson, Andrew. "Mal Meninga – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.com. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^Media, NRL Digital (2 December 2015). "Cheers Mal you champion!". Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^Yesterday's Hero Archived 3 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^Rugby League Project Coaches
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