appearances up until 1980 by which time he was being challenged by Greg Oliphant and Steve Mortimer. He was the captain of the New South Wales State of Origin team in the inaugural 1980 "Origin" contest. Queensland won 20-10 with Raudonikis, in his one-and-only Origin appearance. Having been knocked out early in the game he would have little impact despite scoring a late try for the losers. NSW and Australian halfback throughout the 1970s Coached NSW Blues in 1997 and 1998 Origin Series NSW Sporting Hall of Fame Kangaroos captain in 1973 for the deciding Ashes test against Great Britain (won 15–5) and the opening test against France (won 21–9) 29 Test and World Cup caps Awards Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1982 Team of the Century with Wests Tigers and Western Suburbs Wests Magpies # 1 club man in 100 years and Magpie Immortal Voted Newtown's Greatest Import in 100 years Men of League's Toughest 12 in last 50 years ARL's greatest 100 in past 100 years National Rugby League Hall of Fame (Inductee 75) Coaching career Raudonikis' final playing year was in a captain coach role at Brisbane Brothers in 1983. From 1985-88, he coached Ipswich Jets, guiding the Jets to their first Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final appearance in 1988. In 1990, his first season as Brisbane Norths coach, Raudonikis led the club to the 1990 Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final, the Devils just falling short 16-17. Returning to Sydney, he was coach of the Western Suburbs Magpies from 1995 until the formation of the Wests Tigers joint venture with the Balmain Tigers at the end of 1999. He had some initial coaching success making the finals in 1996, but Wests were ultimately unable to build on this and only won six games in their final two seasons. Raudonikis coached the Blues in the 1997 and 1998 series. In those series he entered State of Origin folklore when he introduced the "cattle dog" call to which NSW players responded by breaking from the scrum with fists flying, resulting in two infamous all-in-brawls. Media career Raudonikis was a long-term friend of 2GB radio station owner John Singleton. Through this friendship, he also participated as a commentator for the Continuous Call Team with Ray Hadley on 2GB. Raudonikis made an appearance in the 2007 rugby league drama film The Final Winter. Raudonikis at one