{"id":418375,"date":"2024-08-21T21:13:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=418375"},"modified":"2024-08-22T00:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:09:38","slug":"how-a-20-bet-led-to-iconic-inglis-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=418375","title":{"rendered":"How a $20 bet led to iconic Inglis celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

N\ufeffewly inducted rugby league Hall of Famer Greg Inglis<\/a> has revealed the origins of his trademark goanna try celebration.<\/p>\n

The celebration was written into folklore when Inglis \ufeffscored the final try in South Sydney<\/a>'s drought breaking 2014 grand final win over the Bulldogs<\/a>, but it was conjured some two years earlier in a phone call with his cousin.<\/p>\n

"He goes, 'alright, go and bring out something out'. I ask 'what would you like'?" Inglis began.<\/p>\n

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"He said 'I want you to do a back flip'. I said I can't do a back flip, I'll land on my neck.<\/p>\n

"He said 'I want you to do a front flip'. I said no, I cant do a front flip, I'll land on my face. Plus those two have already been done anyway with Anthony Mundine and Nathan Blacklock.<\/p>\n

\"Greg<\/p>\n

"So I said 'I need to bring out the goanna', and that's how I started it."<\/p>\n

In retirement, he \ufefffounded the Goanna Foundation, working to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health Indigenous and other at-risk groups.<\/p>\n

"It's a $20 bet that's still going on," Inglis said.<\/p>\n

Inglis \ufeffplayed 263 NRL games, including 117 for the Storm and 146 for the Rabbitohs. He scored an incredible 149 tries.<\/p>\n

He's the 125th inductee into the rugby league Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/p>\n

Inglis was asked by MC Yvonne Sampson if he could've imagined himself as a Hall of Famer when he made his NRL debut for the Storm against the Eels in round six in 2005 as an 18-year-old with frosted tips.<\/p>\n

"Maybe \u2013 because the first couple of words Craig (Bellamy) ever said to me was to get out of his face and work harder," he said to a laugh from the crowd.<\/p>\n

"So that always stuck in the back of my mind … work ethic and keep pushing.<\/p>\n

"I cant help but laugh at some of that vision. What was I doing with those frosted tips?"<\/p>\n

Inglis also revealed the timing of the phone call from NRL football boss Graham Annesley informing him of his induction couldn't have come at a more emotional time.<\/p>\n

\"Ron<\/p>\n

"When I got this phone call, it just brought back all these memories. There was one lady that was very special to me, and that was my grandmother," Inglis said.<\/p>\n

"She passed away on that Wednesday, (and I got) the phone call on the Friday. It was a pretty emotional few weeks.<\/p>\n

"I tried to help hold the tears back when Graham called me. She was one lady I always thought.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

Inglis said he was also in the car with his parents when the call came.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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