Mal Meninga
I stood at a tin urinal alongside Mal Meninga once.
I know it’s true because at some stage later that evening, post-urinal, amidst the hazy celebrations following a Queensland Origin win in Brisbane circa 1982, and having toasted the victory at several of the city’s nightclubs, I got a tattoo that extended up my inner calf and over the knee joint. It reads: “I stood at a tin urinal alongside Mal Meninga.’‘
Now what happens at the urinal stays at the urinal. I can only say that it was a thrill to be so near a champion footballer who, just hours before, had been tearing up Lang Park on behalf of the state. And suddenly there he was in the nightclub water closet, a bullock balanced on its hind hooves, staring into a cluster of deodoriser balls.
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After coaching the Queensland State of Origin team to a record sixth State of Origin win last week, Mal Meninga wrote a controversial Courier Mail column in which he essentially said “nyaah-nyaah-nee-nyaah-nyaah.”
He is also reported to have said “they said it first, Miss” and “I never” and “I know you are but what am I?”
Before taking up the Origin coaching role in 2006, Mr Meninga was previously known as the man with the shortest serious political career in history – yes, even shorter than Julia Gillard’s.
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Ash says:
Actually I think Big Mal is trying to spice things up for next year. Read more »
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Wow, talk about luck. If this was not such a talked up subject people might have been able to see what a horrible, bias, immature and unprofessional “article” this was. I hope this was not written by a qualified journalist, but a sad NSW school girl upset with Queenslands historic… Read more »
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