stage worked as a part of the Channel 9 rugby league commentary team. In February 2008, Raudonikis was named in the list of Australia's 100 Greatest Players (1908–2007) which was commissioned by the NRL and ARL to celebrate the code's centenary year in Australia. Also in 2008 the Western Suburbs Magpies celebrated their centenary by inducting six inaugural members, including Raudonikis, into the club's Hall of Fame. In 2017, Raudonikis was a weekly guest on The Footy Show and had his own segment, "The Raudonikis Report". Personal life His son Lincoln Raudonikis played two seasons for the Western Suburbs in the NRL during the late 1990s. In April 2013, Raudonikis's 15-year-old grandson died at a Coffs Harbour hospital following a head knock that occurred during a junior rugby league match. Health and death Raudonikis' hospitalisation in August 2006 for a heart bypass operation received national coverage and drew messages of support from a spectrum of famous former players including Wests icon Arthur Summons (the subject of the NRL trophy with Norm Provan). Raudonikis was reported to have inoperable cancer in April 2019. Two years later, he died of the disease on the Gold Coast, Queensland, six days short of his 71st birthday. References External links Tommy Raudonikis, Wests Rugby League Team and the Working Class of Campbelltown, New South Wales - article in Football Studies 1998 Vol 1 Era of the biff profile NRL Hall of Fame Profile Sources 1950 births 2021 deaths Australia national rugby league team captains Australia national rugby league team players Australian people of Lithuanian descent Australian people of Swiss descent Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league commentators Australian rugby league players City New South Wales rugby league team players Ipswich Jets coaches New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin captains New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin coaches New South Wales Rugby League State of Origin players Newtown Jets players Norths Devils coaches Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Bathurst, New South Wales Western Suburbs Magpies coaches Western Suburbs Magpies players