Wests Tigers are pleased to celebrate the renaming of the iconic grandstand at Lidcombe Oval as the "Tommy Raudonikis OAM stand" after it was formally approved by Cumberland Council.
One of the game’s most passionate and iconic players, Raudonikis played over 240 games for Western Suburbs Magpies throughout the late 1960’s and 1970’s before contributing further to club as a coach throughout the 1990’s.
His playing and coaching career also extended heavily into the representative arena, having played 60 games for Australia and 24 games for New South Wales, where he also featured as coach for six games between 1997 and 1998.
Named as part of Western Suburbs and Wests Tigers’ Teams of the Century, Raudonikis was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 1982 and was inducted as an inaugural Member of both the Magpies and NRL Hall of Fame in 2008.
