George Musarurwa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973) is a retired Australian

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, and is currently Australia's most capped international player. Gregan was born in Lusaka,

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. He played Super 12 (now Super Rugby) for the

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from the inception of that competition in 1996 through 2007, helping to lead them to overall victories in 2001 and 2004. He is a foundation Brumbies player and one of the few players whose career spans both the amateur and professional eras. His appearances as Australian captain include a Bledisloe Cup win in 2002 and an extra-time loss to

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in the

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final. As a member of the Wallabies team, Gregan has attained the zenith of the rugby world, winning the Rugby World Cup in 1999. Gregan and his longtime Wallabies teammate,

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, also hold the all-time record for Test appearances by a halfback partnership with 79.

Early and Personal Life

Gregan was born in

to an

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father and a

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mother, coincidentally in the same hospital where

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, who would grow up to be the

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captain during Gregan's Wallabies captaincy, would be born two years later. His family moved to Australia when he was two years old, and he grew up in Canberra where he was educated at St Edmund's College and graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) from the

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. Gregan and his wife Erica have three children, Max, Charlie and Jazz. Max was diagnosed with

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in 2004; after spending time with Max in hospital and " xperiencingfirsthand the needs of many sick children and their parents" they set up the George Gregan Foundation in 2005. After building playgrounds in NSW, ACT and Qld hospitals and supporting the work of 18 neurology fellows, it is slated to close down in 2021.

Rugby Career

Gregan represented Australia at under-19 and under-21 level.

1994 to 1999

Gregan made his first appearance for the

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in 1994 in a match against

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in Brisbane, which the Wallabies won 23 to 20. He was subsequently capped in the victories over Italy again, and

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. Later in 1994, Gregan made a famous try-saving tackle on

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Jeff Wilson that directly led to Australia winning the

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that year and is much remembered as one of the greatest moments in the Wallabies-All Blacks rivalry. After two caps against

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the following season, Gregan had so far been on the winning side in all of his international games as Australia entered the 1995 World Cup in South Africa as defending champions. However, Australia made their exit at the quarter finals, losing 25 to 22 to

at Newlands in

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. The game went professional post-1995 World Cup, and one outcome of this was the formation of the Super 12, of which Gregan became a foundation player for the

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franchise. That season Gregan appeared eight times for the Wallabies, including solid wins over both

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and

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in Brisbane, scoring a try in the Canadian clash. Another outcome of professionalism was the formation of the

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between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Gregan played in three of Australia's four fixtures at the first ever tournament, scoring a try in the 25 to 32 loss to the All Blacks in Brisbane. During the mid-1990s'

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, Gregan was approached to be the starting halfback for the new Adelaide rugby league team for "seriously more money" than he would earn playing rugby union, but he opted to remain in the 15-man code. Gregan was elevated to the vice-captaincy of the Wallabies in 1997. In the

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, Gregan scored a try in the opening game against the All Blacks, which was eventually lost 18 to 33, and the Wallabies won only one game, against South Africa, finishing at the bottom of the table. By the end of the year, Gregan was capped another four times. After winning in two matches against the Irish, and one against England in the winter of 1999 at home, the Wallabies ended up finishing in the middle of the table for the

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(with Gregan having played in every match), though they were still favourable entering the 1999 World Cup held in Wales. Australia finished at the top of Pool E, winning all their games, with Gregan playing in the matches against

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and Ireland, though he was rested in the final pool game against the

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. The Wallabies went on to defeat hosts Wales in the quarter finals at the new Millennium Stadium with Gregan scoring a try, putting Joe Roff into space and then taking the scoring pass, and enter the final after defeating defending champions South Africa in the semi-finals. The Wallabies became two-time World Champions after defeating

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35 to 12 in the final.

2001 to 2005

After the international retirement of

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in 2001, Gregan became the Wallabies captain. He was an obvious choice to fill the role, as it would be a natural progression from his position as vice-captain, as well as the fact that Gregan was a virtual automatic selection for the national team. Gregan played in all of Australia's 6 matches at the

. He landed an early drop goal in the 17 to 16 victory over

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in the pool stages. He also scored a try in the 33 to 16 win over

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in the quarter-finals. Gregan led the Wallabies in defeating the

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in the semi-final. This contest led to a controversy for Gregan when he taunted his opponents after defeating them the comment, "Four more years boys, four more years" i.e. New Zealand would have to wait another 4 years for an attempt at winning the World Cup. Australia lost to England in the

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. Following Australia's loss to the English in the World Cup, Gregan led the Wallabies on a massive winning campaign during the 2004 season. After defeating Scotland twice at home, the Wallabies faced the English in a World Cup replay in Brisbane, where they got their revenge, defeating England 51 to 15. Under Gregan, Australia lost just three matches in 2004, one against South Africa, one against New Zealand 16–7 in New Zealand and then against France in Paris. In July during the

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, Gregan ran out at

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against South Africa for his 100th Wallaby test. In October 2004, Gregan announced that his four-year-old son had epilepsy and has launched an epilepsy awareness campaign in Australia with the slogan 'Get on the Team'. He also took up the role of patron of Brainwave Australia. Gregan missed a lot of the

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after breaking his leg during a game against the New South Wales Waratahs in Canberra. Gregan returned for the match against Italy in Melbourne, which the Wallabies won 61 to 29. Though after a win over the French and one over the Springboks, the Wallabies fell to the bottom of the

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table, losing all of their games. With his start in the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations at Eden Park in

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against the

, Gregan equalled England's

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as the most-

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player for a national team in Test rugby, with 114 (Leonard also has five

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caps). Appropriately, when Australia made their entrance for that match, Gregan went out on the field by himself before any of his teammates entered the pitch. On 5 November 2005, he earned his 115th

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, surpassing Leonard, when he led out the Wallabies at Stade Vélodrome in

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against

. The Wallabies lost the match 16 to 26. The French loss was followed by a meeting with the English at Twickenham, where England's superior scrummaging saw them also win 26 to 16.

2006

In June 2006, the Wallabies, under new coach John Connolly, completed a solid win over England. Gregan came off the bench in the second half of the second Test in

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as he earned his 120th international cap - setting a new world record. After the matches against the English and Irish the Wallabies entered the

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. Two weeks later the All Blacks came to

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for the

clash, in which Gregan equalled John Eales' record for most caps as captain of Australia, which is 55. In the subsequent match against South Africa in Sydney, Gregan passed Eales' record, becoming the most capped Australian captain of all time. The Wallabies managed to scrape home 20 to 18. For the 2006 European Tour, Gregan was rested and

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was given a chance at halfback.

2007

On 22 March 2007, the French Top 14 club

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announced that it had signed Gregan to a contract for the 2007–08 season. He arrived in France after the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and was reportedly paid €400,000 for the season. Gregan played his last home game with the Brumbies on 28 April 2007; leading his team to a victory over the

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. Fittingly, this was also the last home game for his teammate

. The two were farewelled with the announcement that a stand at Canberra Stadium would be named after them. Gregan was again selected as part of the Wallabies squad for the 2007 home tests against Wales and Fiji and the Tri-Nations Series, although he was no longer the Captain of the team and was on the reserves bench behind

for the Tests against Wales. Gregan did regain his starting spot for the first Tri-Nations game against South Africa, showing his class and longevity. The Wallabies' co-Captains were

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and

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but Waugh was dropped to the bench during the Tri-Nations in place of Gregan's Brumbies teammate George Smith, elevating Mortlock to the captaincy. In June 2007, Greg Growden, Chief Rugby Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald said that "several high-ranking

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sources told the Herald that Gregan was the "raging hot favourite" to be Australia's World Cup captain" However, when the World Cup squad was announced, Mortlock was named Captain, whilst Waugh and Gregan were named vice captains. In the 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool B match against Fiji he equalled

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's record of captaining an international side for 59 times and in the

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equalled and beaten his (as well as Carling) record in tests between New Zealand in

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and

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respectively.

Post-Australia

On 18 June 2008 it was announced that he had joined Suntory Sungoliath in Japan, following a season at

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in the French

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Post-playing Retirement

In 2012, Gregan was assistant coach at the Brumbies. In 2014, Gregan joined the Fox-Sports Rugby commentator team, along with his former Wallabies teammate

. Pitch-side at the Hong Kong Sevens in March 2014, former Ireland and British and Irish Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll and former Australia captain Stephan Larkham demonstrated their skills to Bloomberg TV Anchor John Dawson.

GG's Espresso/Gregan Group

In the late 1990s, Gregan and his wife had started planning for his post-playing career. Formulating plans for a coffee shop business, in 1998 he counted and then surveyed commuters at Wynyard station. The first GG's Espresso shop opened in 1999, and presently there are 9 GG's Espresso cafes across Sydney and

. These form the basis of a wider food and hospitality business, The Gregan Group, which turned over Aus$10M and employs 280 people.

Honours

;

* Super Rugby: 2001, 2004 ;

* Rugby Pro D2: 2007–08 ; Suntory Sungoliath *

All-Japan Rugby Football Championship The All-Japan Rugby Football Championship (日本ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 ''Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Senshuken Taikai'') is played at the end of the season and is doubling as the title playoff in the Top League. The first champ ...

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; Australia *

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* Tri-Nations:

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, 2001 *

: 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 ;General *Appointed as a member of the

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in June 2004 for his services to Rugby Union Football and in particular as the Captain of the Wallabies. *Inducted into the

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in 2009. * Inducted into the

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(then known as the IRB Hall of Fame) in 2013. * Inaugural inductee to University of Canberra Sport Walk of Fame.

Notes

References

External links

George Gregan 'Get on the Team' website.

George Gregan on Sporting Heroes

Piece about Gregan at BBC

Another recent piece about Gregan at BBC

Article on Gregan as a great footballer, not just a great halfback
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