Meninga question
Perce
contemporary, a 'very well known' fellow Queenslander and Kangaroo tourist
who a/once described Meninga to Ron McAulliffe as being as thick as two
bricks, and b/ on a later tour ridicules a former Brissie clubmate of
Meninga's for crying when they finally won the comp.
Anyone got any clues as to who this long-ago cad might have been?
Colin Lord
"Perce" <x...@yy.net.au> wrote in message
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Meninga played with Souths in Brisbane. I assume its a Souths player since
Meninga was never a Bronco so its not that Brissbane.
1979 souths lose GF
Valleys: Alan Mills, Mick Neill, Chris Close, Vic Wieland, Peter Falvey,
Peter McWhirter, Ross Strudwick (Capt), Wally Lewis, Ian Sommer, John
McLeod, Tom Duggan, Paul Richards, Al McInnes (Coach : Ross Strudwick)
Souths: Tony Gibson, Mick Gramm, Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill (Capt), Alan
Brackin, Chris Kealey, John Salter, Bill Argeros, Brian Weir, Mal Connell,
Bob Kellaway, David Gould, Dave Brown (Coach : Wayne Bennett)
1980 souths lose GF
Norths: Joe Kilroy, Brian Bird, Brian Dunn, Peter Dutton, Garry Warnock,
Mark Murray (Capt), Ross Henrick, Neville Draper, Mark Graham, Gary Walker,
Campbell Dews, Greg Conescu, Shane Bernardin (Coach : Graham Lowe)
Souths: Steve Glynn, Gary Thompson, Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill (Capt), Mick
Gramm, Alan Brackin, Brad Sully, Chris Phelan, George Moroko, Ash Lumby,
Geoff Naylor, Billy Johnstone, David Brown (Coach : Bob McCarthy)
1981 Souths win GF
Souths: Ken Spencer, Gary Thompson, Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill (c), Mick
Reardon, Bruce Harry, Brad Sully, Bill Argeros, Chris Phelan, Ash Lumby,
Adrian Higgs, Billy Johnstone, Darryl Higgs
Redcliffe: Ian Pearce, Mick Waller, Steve Cherry, Steve Bleakley, Louta
Atoi, Trevor Benson, Colin Part, Chris Holmes, Tony Obst, Vic Tighe, Arthur
Beetson (c), Robert Abbott, Peter Griffith
1982 souths lose GF
Wynnum-Manly: Colin Scott, Terry Butler, Brett French, Gene Miles, Warren
Green, Brian Walsh, Peter Dawes, Shaun Johnson, Gary Seaton, Brian Battese,
Mark Zillman, David Green, Rod Morris (c)
Souths : Ken Spencer, Gary Thompson, Mal Meninga, Gary Belcher, Wayne
Challis, Bruce Harry, Brad Sully, Allan Power, Brad Tessmann, Ash Lumby,
Adrian Higgs, Billy Johnstone (c), Gary Grienke
1984 souths lose GF
Wynnum-Manly: Brian Walsh, Terry Butler, Brett French, Gene Miles, Warren
Green, Wally Lewis, Peter Dawes, Ian French, Mal Green, Greg Dowling, Tony
Kajewski, David Green (c), Gary Coyne
Souths: Gary Belcher, Phil Veivers, Mal Meninga (c), Hubie Abbot, Peter
Jackson, Wayne Halverson, Brad Sully, Bob Lindner, Ash Lumby, Kelvin Kerr,
Bob Kellaway, Eddie Muller, Gary Greinke
1985 Souths win GF (Wynnum-Manly 10 - 8 in a match handled by the ARL's
current number one referee David Manson.)
Souths: Gary Belcher, Ken Gittins, Mal Meninga, Peter Jackson, Paul Wallace,
Gary French, Wayne Cullen, Norm Carr (c), John Elias, Scott Tronc, Mark
Meskell, Eddie Muller, Chris Phelan. Reserve - David Bourke
Wynnum-Manly: Colin Scott, Terry Butler, Brett French, Gene Miles, Warren
Green, Wally Lewis, Peter Dawes, Craig Farrugia, Tony Jemmott, Ian French,
Greg Dowling, David Green (c), Gary Coyne. Reserves - Brad Backer, Darryl
Jenner
witt
Calvin
"Colin Lord" <cl...@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in message
> 1985 Souths win GF (Wynnum-Manly 10 - 8 in a match handled by the ARL's
> current number one referee David Manson.)
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> Souths: Gary Belcher, Ken Gittins, Mal Meninga, Peter Jackson, Paul
Wallace,
> Gary French, Wayne Cullen, Norm Carr (c), John Elias, Scott Tronc, Mark
> Meskell, Eddie Muller, Chris Phelan. Reserve - David Bourke
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> Wynnum-Manly: Colin Scott, Terry Butler, Brett French, Gene Miles, Warren
> Green, Wally Lewis, Peter Dawes, Craig Farrugia, Tony Jemmott, Ian French,
> Greg Dowling, David Green (c), Gary Coyne. Reserves - Brad Backer, Darryl
> Jenner
And what a great game it was!
cheers,
calvin
Cas
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> 1981 Souths win GF
> Souths: Ken Spencer, Gary Thompson, Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill (c), Mick
> Reardon, Bruce Harry, Brad Sully, Bill Argeros, Chris Phelan, Ash Lumby,
> Adrian Higgs, Billy Johnstone, Darryl Higgs
> Redcliffe: Ian Pearce, Mick Waller, Steve Cherry, Steve Bleakley, Louta
> Atoi, Trevor Benson, Colin Part, Chris Holmes, Tony Obst, Vic Tighe,
Arthur
> Beetson (c), Robert Abbott, Peter Griffith
Wasn't Oliphant the half for Redcliffe.?
I'm sure it was him that fed that last scrum which Johnstone won and....and
we all know the rest :(
Cheers
Cas
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Chris Parslow
"Colin Lord" <cl...@metz.une.edu.au> wrote in message
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> > In the book 'Big Mal', Meninga twice makes bitter references to a
> > contemporary, a 'very well known' fellow Queenslander and Kangaroo
tourist
> > who a/once described Meninga to Ron McAulliffe as being as thick as two
> > bricks, and b/ on a later tour ridicules a former Brissie clubmate of
> > Meninga's for crying when they finally won the comp.
> > Anyone got any clues as to who this long-ago cad might have been?
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> Meninga played with Souths in Brisbane. I assume its a Souths player since
> Meninga was never a Bronco so its not that Brissbane.
>
> 1979 souths lose GF
> Valleys: Alan Mills, Mick Neill, Chris Close, Vic Wieland, Peter Falvey,
> Peter McWhirter, Ross Strudwick (Capt), Wally Lewis, Ian Sommer, John
> McLeod, Tom Duggan, Paul Richards, Al McInnes
What a team - what a win; 22-shit from memory.
> Souths: Tony Gibson, Mick Gramm, Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill (Capt), Alan
> Brackin, Chris Kealey, John Salter, Bill Argeros, Brian Weir, Mal Connell,
> Bob Kellaway, David Gould, Dave Brown
(Coach : Wayne Bennett) AKA Wayne Bennett
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> 1980 souths lose GF
> Norths: Joe Kilroy, Brian Bird, Brian Dunn, Peter Dutton, Garry Warnock,
> Mark Murray (Capt), Ross Henrick, Neville Draper, Mark Graham, Gary
Walker,
> Campbell Dews, Greg Conescu, Shane Bernardin (Coach : Graham Lowe)
> Souths: Steve Glynn, Gary Thompson, Mal Meninga, Bruce Astill (Capt), Mick
> Gramm, Alan Brackin, Brad Sully, Chris Phelan, George Moroko, Ash Lumby,
> Geoff Naylor, Billy Johnstone, David Brown (Coach : Bob McCarthy)
Some v. useful players in that lot too; rep players & players who went on to
have good NSWRL careers: Kilroy, Murray, Henrick, Graham!, Conescu,
Meninga, Phelan, Naylor, Johnstone, Brown.
Chris Parslow
A fella I worked with lived next-door to Dowling for years. Reckoned he was
a total arse of a man. He'd be a favourite, IMO.
CP
MonoJoker
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I thought he was known as a bit of a dish.
Cheers
LT.
terry.kavanagh
That's where Kevin Tamati put him.
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