Biography mel meninga
Biography mel meninga
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Legendary player and coach Mal Meninga is revered in the rugby league world, but the Queensland icon "didn't find his identity" until he was in his 40s.
With more than 400 first-grade matches and 32 State of Origin caps to his name, he played 73 international games for Australia and was named a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to rugby league football in 1994.
He was taught the game by his father, a South Sea Islander.
With his mother a white Australian, he "got the best of both worlds", he told That Pacific Sports Show.
"I had a had an upbringing that was very protective from both, you know, black and white," he said.
"But you know, it's rich in culture ...
they call Vanuatu the friendly isles, don't you know, and it's so true. So I'm really proud and passionate about my South Sea Islander roots."
Meninga's great-grandfather was a cane-cutter during the White Australia policy and marri