South Sydney Rabbitohs centre Greg Inglis was medically forced into an immediate retirement from his playing days in the NRL earlier in the week, in the news many neutral fans of the league dreaded.
Inglis notched up 263 NRL games, scoring 149 tries, 32 Origin appearances for Queensland (18 tries) and 39 Tests for Australia (32 tries), breaking countless records on the way. To commemorate an incredible career, here are five of the great man's most influential performances.
5. 2014 Preliminary Final - South Sydney 32 d. Sydney Roosters 22
After falling short in the Preliminary Final in 2012 to Canterbury and again in 2013 to Manly, the Rabbitohs were hoping it would be third time lucky in 2014 against their biggest rivals, the Sydney Roosters. After falling behind 12-0, tries to Lote Tuqiri and Alex Johnston brought the scores back to 12-apiece at the break. Ben Te'o's barnstorming effort took the Bunnies to the front for the first time before Inglis produced a match-sealing double. Inglis received an inside ball from John Sutton to slide over untouched to make the scores 24-12 and if that wasn't enough, the Souths fullback climbed highest to pluck an Adam Reynolds cross-field kick and crash over next to the upright. Despite two consolation tries, Souths hung on and went onto defeat the Bulldogs in the decider to seal their first premiership since 1971.
