Mal Meninga vents his anger after winning his sixth consecutive title - Rugby news
Mal Meninga, who was coaching Queensland’s team, Maroons, during the State of Origins Series since 2006, is seemingly unhappy with the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) management. The coach put down his thoughts by wording an insulting piece against New South Wales officials in an Australian newspaper on Sunday, July 10.
Meninga blamed the NWSRL management and the NRL (National Rugby League) jointly for being part of a conspiracy against the Maroons. According to the coach, the group was trying to obstruct the Maroons from bagging their sixth consecutive title of the State of Origin Series and ‘destroy a dynasty’ of the side by weakening them forcefully.
Expressing his thoughts about the Maroon’s sixth victory, the coach wrote, “It is a victory which the very rats and filth that tried to poison a monumental team with lies, personal attacks, arrogance and disrespect.”
According to Meninga, the whole series was heavily punctuated with flaws including the judiciary rules that were taken, which was branded by him as ‘malicious and orchestrated’.
Meninga’s writings in the paper revealed hard feelings against Sydney’s media and NSW Blues, as he said, “They are the ones who dragged the spotlight off the game on the field and on to the judiciary with the citing of Johnathan Thurston, and who found five weeks' worth of difference in the identical tackles of David Taylor and Akuila Uate.”
The coach claimed that the dominance of his team in the Origin Series was a cause of serious concern for NSW officials. He also condemned the role played by media and stated, “They were trying to rot the systems we have put in place for success from the inside out by planting a seed of doubt in the minds of players and staff.”
Meninga added that when his coaching techniques were questioned, he felt disgraced as he was being considered as a ‘dispensable commodity’, which can be easily replaced.
Amidst his disdainful article which created turbulent waves last week, the NRL management held a meeting, to take notice of the unexpected out-break from Meninga. The NRL match review committee under the chairmanship of Greg McCallum, along with board members, Bradley Clyde and Peter Louis, demanded an apology from Meninga for the NSW management.
For his apology, Meninga was granted with 2 days’ time that runs out at 5 p.m., on Thursday, July 15. It was revealed that if he fails to apologise within the allocated time-frame, he will be facing legal action for attempting to slander the NRL authority.
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