Mal Meninga

Malcolm Norman Meninga is an Australian professional rugby league coach, head coach of the Perth Bears in the NRL, and a former professional rugby league footballer. He previously coached the Australian national team, the Queensland Maroons, the Papua New Guinea national team and the Canberra Raiders. After a long career in Australia and England, mainly as a goal kicking centre, he is widely regarded as one of the finest players in the history of the game, and he retired with the most appearances for the Australian national team and as the top point scorer in State of Origin football. He is the only player selected for four Kangaroo Tours, in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994, and the only one to captain two of them. He has been made a Member of the Order of Australia and was inducted as the thirteenth Immortal of rugby league in 2018.