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Queensland coach Mal Meninga addresses his team. Source:AAP
HE EQUALS Phil Gould's record for most Origin games coached and Mal Meninga says he will wait for player feedback after the series before deciding whether he wants to break it.
Meninga said he had the hunger to continue but would await the official Origin review before making a decision.
Meninga was adamant the result of tonight's decider at ANZ Stadium would have no bearing on his choice.
Meninga is contracted to the Queensland Rugby League as Maroons coach until the end of 2015, but he will decide his own future.
Wednesday's Game Three sees him equal Gould on 24 matches as an Origin coach and Meninga is already the most successful mentor in the concept's storied history.
Meninga has previously floated the idea of stepping into the background and letting Melbourne Storm assistant Kevin Walters take control.
Yesterday, at the Maroons final training session at ANZ Stadium, he said it was largely up to players and officials.
"I get asked that question every year. I'm enjoying it. Hopefully the players enjoy me being the head coach of their team and we will see what happens down the track," he said.
"It depends upon whether I'm making a worthwhile contribution and the players enjoy the programs that we have implemented.
"I have only coached this team for 24 games so I am still hungry. It is basically (one) NRL season.
"I love this time of year. If you are a player or coach you want to be involved in Origin."
Maroons five-eighth Johnathan Thurston said he hoped the inspirational figure continued and said the prospect of his retirement had not been mentioned.
"We've all built up a really good relationship with Mal not only on a professional level but certainly as a mate and we'd love him to continue on," Thurston told The Courier-Mail.
One of Meninga's greatest successes is the rapid rise of lock Corey Parker as a representative force.
While Cooper Cronk was rightly hailed the match winner following his field goal late in last year's decider, Parker was named players' player.
It was a vote of confidence for a work horse who spent six years in the Origin wilderness after debuting in 2004.
Parker has been the Broncos' best player this season and has cemented a starting role for the Maroons after Ashley Harrison was left out for the 26-6 win in Game Two three weeks ago.
"It is nice to get that feedback from the guys in this arena," Parker said of his players' player award last year.
"Within myself I always felt I had the ability.
"Regardless of the side I'm in I just try to do my job and my job is to work hard.
"This year, for me, I just wanted to fill a role and I hope I have done that."
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