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MAL MENINGA CAREER RECORDS
By Nick Cascone

MALCOLM NORMAN MENINGA

Born: Bundaberg, July 8, 1960

CAREER OVERVIEW

GAMES

TRS

GLS

F/G

PTS

CLUB CAREER

Southern Suburbs (Brisbane) 1979-85

109

77

313

-

889

St Helens 1984-85

31

28

8

-

128

Canberra 1986-94

166

74

83

2

864

TOTAL

306

179

604

2

1,881

REPRESENTITIVE CAREER

QUEENSLAND 1979-94

State of Origin 1980-94

32

6

69

-

161

v. New South Wales 1979-81

6

3

9

-

27

v. touring sides 1982-84

2

1

10

-

23

Tour Matches 1983

2

3

8

-

28

TOTAL

42

13

96

-

239

AUSTRALIA 1982-94

Tests 1982-94

45

21

95

-

270

World Cup 1992

1

-

3

-

6

Tour Matches 1982-84

37

29

79

-

267

v. Rest of the World 1988

1

-

3

-

6

TOTAL

84

50

180

-

549

OCEANIC 1984

0

0

0

0

0

v. Europe

1

-

1

-

2

GRAND TOTAL

All senior matches

433

242

881

2

2,671

 

CLUB CAREER 1979-94

Queensland Under-18's v. NSW Under-18's

SEASON

GAMES

TRS

GLS

F/G

PTS

Southern Suburbs (Brisbane)

1979

20

9

76

-

179

1980

21

16

95

-

238

1981

20

14

47

-

136

1982

11

6

26

-

70

1983

10

8

28

-

88

1984

18

18

41

-

154

1985

9

6

-

-

24

TOTAL

109

77

313

-

889

St Helens

1984-85

31

28

8

-

128

Canberra

1986

20

3

65

1

143

1987

12

6

3

4

1

1988

5

3

7

-

26

1989

16

2

19

-

46

1990

24

17

72

-

212

1991

22

13

57

-

166

1992

21

6

17

-

58

1993

20

11

4

-

52

1994

26

13

8

-

68

TOTAL

166

74

283

2

864

GRAND TOTAL

306

179

604

2

1,881

Premierships: 1981, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994

Grand Finals: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994

Semi-finals: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990,

1991, 1993, 1994

Club coaches: Wayne Bennett 1979, 1984-85, 1987, Bob McCarthy 1980-83,

Bill Benyon 1984-85 (St Helens), Don Furner 1986-87, Tim Sheens 1988-94

First Grade debut: March 25, 1979 Souths v. Wynnum-Manly

Most points in a season: 238 in 1980 (Souths)

Most tries in a season: 18 in 1984 (Souths)

Most goals in a season: 95 in 1980 (Souths)

Most points in a match: 38 (5 tries, 9 goals), April 16, 1990 Canberra v. Easts

 

JUNIOR REPRESENTITIVE CAREER 1978

DATE

WINNER

SCORE

VENUE

TRS

GLS

F/G

PTS

July 15, 1978

NSW

21-16

Brisbane

-

-

-

-

July 22, 1978

NSW

28-25

Sydney

-

-

-

-

2 matches, 0 points

 

SENIOR REPRESENTITIVE CAREER 1979-1994

QUEENSLAND 1979-94

DATE

WINNER

SCORE

VENUE

TRS

GLS

F/G

PTS

1979-81 Queensland v. New South Wales

(traditional inter-state matches)

May 22, 1979

NSW

30-5

Brisbane

1

1

-

5

May 29, 1979

NSW

31-7

Brisbane

-

2

-

4

May 20, 1980

NSW

35-3

Brisbane

1

-

-

3

May 27, 1980

NSW

17-7

Sydney

-

2

-

4

June 2, 1981

NSW

10-2

Brisbane

-

1

-

2

June 16, 1981

NSW

22-9

Sydney

1

3

-

9

6 matches, 3 tries, 9 goals, 27 points

DATE

WINNER

SCORE

VENUE

TRS

GLS

F/G

PTS

1982-84 Queensland v. touring sides

1982 v. New Zealand

June 27 ,1982

QLD

31-16

Brisbane

1

5

-

13

1984 v. New Zealand

June 5, 1984

QLD

18-14

Brisbane

-

5

-

10

2 matches, 1 try, 10 goals, 2 points

DATE

WINNER

SCORE

VENUE

TRS

GLS

F/G

PTS

1983 tour matches

Papua New Guinea tour

June 15, 1983

QLD

34-16

Mt Hagen

1

1

-

6

June 18, 1983

QLD

106-3

P.N.G.

2

7

-

22

2 matches, 3 tries, 8 goals, 28 points

1980-1994 Queensland v. New South Wales (State of Origin)

DATE

WINNER

SCORE

VENUE

TRS

GLS

F/G

PTS

July 8, 1980

QLD

20-10

Brisbane

-

7

-

14

July 28, 1981

QLD

22-15

Brisbane

1

5

-

13

June 1, 1982

NSW

20-16

Brisbane

-

5

-

10

June 22, 1982

QLD

10-5

Sydney

-

2

-

4

June 7, 1983

QLD

24-12

Brisbane

-

6

-

12

June 21, 1983

NSW

10-6

Sydney

1

1

-

6

June 28, 1983

QLD

43-

Brisbane

-

6

-

12

May 29, 1984

QLD

29-12

Brisbane

-

2

-

4

June 19, 1984

QLD

14-2

Sydney

-

3

-

6

July 17, 1984

NSW

22-12

Brisbane

-

2

-

4

May 28, 1985

NSW

18-2

Brisbane

-

1

-

2

June 11, 1985

NSW

21-14

Sydney

-

3

-

6

July 23, 1985

QLD

20-6

Brisbane

-

2

-

4

May 27, 1986

NSW

22-16

Brisbane

-

4

-

8

June 10, 1986

NSW

24-20

Sydney

-

2

-

4

July 1, 1986

NSW

18-16

Brisbane

-

-

-

-

May 23, 1989

QLD

36-6

Brisbane

2

4

-

16

June 14, 1989

QLD

16-12

Sydney

-

1

-

2

May 9, 1990

NSW

8-0

Sydney

-

-

-

-

May 30, 1990

NSW

12-6

Melbourne

-

1

-

2

May 8, 1991

QLD

6-4

Brisbane

1

1

-

6

May 29, 1991

NSW

14-12

Sydney

-

2

-

4

June 12, 1991

QLD

14-12

Brisbane

-

1

-

2

May 6, 1992

NSW

14-6

Sydney

-

1

-

2

May 20, 1992

QLD

5-4

Brisbane

-

-

-

-

June 3, 1992

NSW

16-4

Sydney

-

2

-

4

May 3, 1993

NSW

14-10

Brisbane

-

1

-

2

May 17, 1993

NSW

16-12

Sydney

1

-

-

4

May 31, 1993

QLD

24-12

Brisbane

-

2

-

4

May 23, 1994

QLD

16-12

Sydney

-

2

-

4

June 8, 1994

NSW

14-0

Melbourne

-

-

-

-

June 20, 1994

NSW

27-12

Brisbane

-

-

-

-

32 matches, 6 tries, 69 goals, 161 points

Total for Queensland: 42 matches, 13 tries, 13 tries, 96 goals, 239 points

Meninga's Queensland coaches: John McDonald 1979-80, Arthur Beetson 1981-84, 1989-90,

Des Morris 1985, Wayne Bennett 1986, Graham Lowe 1991-92, Wally Lewis 1993-94

Meninga captained Queensland in 9 matches 1992-94

Meninga has scored the most points by any player in the history of State of Origin football and

the most points for Queensland in the history of the game.

He has played more times for Queensland than any other player.

Debut for Queensland: May 22, 1979 v. New South Wales

Most points in a match for Queensland: 22 (2 tries, 7 goals) v. Papua New Guinea, June 18,

1983

State of Origin series wins: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1991

Winning Queensland teams: 19


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