Mal Meninga

Mal Meninga

Personal information
Full name	Malcolm Norman Meninga
Nickname	Big Mal, Chicken George
Born	(1960-07-08) 8 July 1960 (age 56) Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Playing information
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	107 kg (16 st 12 lb)
Position	Centre, Second-row, Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1979–85 Souths (Brisbane) 109 77 313 0 889 1984–85 St. Helens 31 38 8 0 128 1986–94 Canberra Raiders 166 74 283 2 864 Total 306 189 604 2 1881 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1979–94 Queensland 32 6 69 0 161 1982–94 Australia 46 21 96 0 272
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% 2005–16 PM's XIII 8 7 1 0 88 2006–15 Queensland 30 20 0 10 67 2015 Papua New Guinea 1 0 0 1 0 2016– Australia 6 6 0 0 100 2017– World All Stars 1 0 0 1 0
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Malcolm Norman "Mal" Meninga AM (/mənˈɪŋɡʌ/; born 8 July 1960) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is currently the head coach of the Australian national team. A former Australian Test captain, he was a legendary goal-kicking centre, counted amongst the finest footballers of the 20th century. He went on to coach for five seasons in the NRL with the Canberra Raiders and also coached Queensland's State of Origin team between 2006 and 2015, winning nine out of ten series in charge.

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. Meninga 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 at centre in both Queensland's and Australia's rugby league teams of the century.