Terence John Lamb OAM[5] (born 15 September 1961), also nicknamed "Baa",[6] is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach.

He scored 9 tries in his debut season and was edged out for the inaugural Dally M Rookie of the Year award by teammate Jim Leis who would go on the Australian 1980 Tour of New Zealand.

Lamb was called in at the last moment for a very ill Mick Pattison [citation needed] and only arrived in Brisbane on the day of the match (when Pattison took ill, NSW coach Ted Glossop initially wanted to move Steve Rogers from the centres to five-eighth and play whoever the league gave him as a replacement back from the bench but was overruled by the NSWRL.

Lamb met his halves partner, young Parramatta halfback Peter Sterling, for the first time only two hours before kickoff.

NSW led 15–5 at half time mostly due to the Parramatta connection of Sterling, Ray Price, Michael Cronin and Eric Grothe who picked up a loose Greg Conescu pass to race 90 metres to score.

Lamb's arrival did cause initial controversy when long-serving five-eighth Garry Hughes was dropped to reserve grade in what was to be his final season.

Lamb never won a junior premiership and he was closing in on one at senior level when the Bulldogs made the 1984 Grand Final against arch-rivals Parramatta Eels who were looking to win their fourth successive title.

He played much of the opening rounds at halfback with captain Steve Mortimer suspended, and was recalled to the New South Wales State of Origin side.

Warren Ryan departed Canterbury at the end of 1987 with reserve grade coach Phil Gould taking over the reins in a caretaker role with Chris Anderson being groomed for the top position.

As well as scoring a try, Lamb was involved in a first-half tackle, along with Andrew Farrar, which resulted in the concussion of influential Balmain star, Ellery Hanley.

[citation needed] One of the first jobs that new coach Chris Anderson did was appoint Lamb as captain ahead of Paul Langmack and Andrew Farrar, who were commonly the deputies when Peter Tunks (who joined Penrith Panthers in 1990) was unavailable.

The Bulldogs lost Paul Langmack, Andrew Farrar, David Gillespie and Joe Thomas to Wests under former dual premiership-winning coach Warren Ryan.

[citation needed] Lamb missed the first five matches in 1992 but when he returned he enjoyed one of his finest individual seasons where Canterbury started to be tagged a 'one-man team'.

[citation needed] Lamb lifted the Bulldogs to the brink of the semi-finals before once again making himself unavailable as the 1992 World Cup loomed.

Canterbury with their victory in Lamb's 304th first grade game won the Minor Premiership and defeated Canberra in the Major Semi-Final.

Canterbury were never troubled in the Grand Final defeating Manly 17–4 in the decider with Lamb plotting a crucial drop-goal to give them a seven-point lead.

Lamb spent 10 minutes in the sin bin, but that didn't stop his performance as he steered Canterbury to an impressive victory.

Lamb's planned retirement was shelved as he helped his beloved club for one more season to get through a sudden player departure caused by the Super League War.

[citation needed] Lamb's career wound down on 25 August 1996, when Canterbury defeated North Queensland 50–22 at Belmore Sports Ground.

In a strange twist, with Manly having reached (and won) the 2008 NRL Grand Final, Menzies ended his career in Australia having equalled Lamb's league record of 349 games in his last match.

[21] Lamb set many records at Canterbury with the last one, a landmark of 123 tries being broken by winger Hazem El Masri, against the Newcastle Knights in 2006.

After working with the NRL, RugbyLeagueProject submitted all their evidence and the official record was changed to show that Lamb had indeed become the first player to reach 350 Premiership games.