Greg Inglis

Greg Inglis is a retired player most recently playing for South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Greg Inglis (born 15 January 1987) is an Australian professional rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the NRL. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative outside back, he previously played for the Melbourne Storm, with whom he won two grand finals, a Clive Churchill Medal and the Golden Boot Award; he is Indigenous Australian. Inglis is a versatile back, having played in several positions during his career. He originally played on the wing or in the centres. He even played at fullback when Billy Slater was unavailable. Between 2007 and early 2009 he played at five-eighth for the Melbourne Storm before he switched to centre when Brett Finch arrived at the Storm, where he played for the remainder of his time at the club until the end of 2010. Inglis' representative matches for Queensland and Australia have been as a winger or centre. In November 2009, Inglis won the Golden Boot Award as the world's best player – presented to him by Rugby League World magazine, becoming the third consecutive Storm player to win it, after Cameron Smith (2007) and Billy Slater (2008). His cousins are Albert Kelly of the Gold Coast Titans, Beau Champion of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and former player, Dally M Player of the year and former Gold Coast Titans player Preston Campbell.

Inglis began playing rugby league at a very young age for the Bowraville Tigers in New South Wales. At only 15 years old, after being seen playing at a junior carnival on the NSW North Coast, Inglis signed his first professional contract with the Melbourne Storm but actually played his first senior game at 16 for Newcastle Hunter in New South Wales. Inglis' cousin Albert Kelly, who grew up alongside him in Bowraville has said that their whole family had always supported New South Wales. While in Year 11 at Brisbane's Wavell State High School, Inglis played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2004 and was already attracting media attention as an NRL star of the future. He played his first under 18s game for the Brisbane Wombats in 2004. Before the end of the 2004 season the Storm had added Inglis to their full-time playing roster for the following year.

Inglis played for Melbourne during 2005's pre-season in a trial match against the Brisbane Broncos, scoring a try in the Storm's win.[10] While playing for Brisbane's Norths Devils in the 2005 Queensland Cup, Inglis scored 12 tries in five games[11] and had already become the subject of a custody battle between Queensland and New South Wales over which state he would play State of Origin for. He scored 194 points for the Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup.[12] Inglis made his NRL Premiership debut at eighteen years of age as a replacement to injured winger Jake Webster in Melbourne's match against the Parramatta Eels, scoring a try in a 14–26 loss.