George Gregan
George Gregan was born in Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia on April 19th, 1973 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 51, George Gregan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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George Musarurwa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973) is a retired Australian rugby union player and currently Australia's highest ever internationally capped player. Gregan was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and the name "Northern Rhodesia" was used.
He played Super 12 (now Super Rugby) for the Brumbies from the start of the competition in 1996 to 2007, helping to lead the team to overall victories in 2001 and 2004.
He is a foundation Brumbies player and one of the few players whose career spans both amateur and professional years.
His appearances as Australian captain include a Bledisloe Cup victory in 2002 and an extra-time loss to England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final.
Gregan has reached the zenith of rugby history, winning the Rugby World Cup in 1999 as a member of the Wallabies.
Gregan and his longtime Wallabies colleague, fly-half Stephen Larkham, now have the all-time Test appearances by a halfback alliance with 79.
Early and Personal Life
Gregan was born in Zambia to an Australian father and a Zimbabwean mother, coincidently in the same hospital where Corné Krige, who would grow up to be the South Africa captain during Gregan's Wallabies captaincy, will be born two years later. When he was two years old, his family immigrated to Australia, where he spent his childhood at St Edmund's College and graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) from the University of Canberra.
Max, Charlie and Jazz are Gregan and his partner Erica's three children. Max was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2004 and "experiencing] firsthand the needs of many sick children and their families, as well as their parents," they established the George Gregan Foundation in 2005. After constructing playgrounds in NSW, ACT, and Qld hospitals and assisting the careers of 18 neurology fellows, it is expected to close in 2021.
Rugby Career
Gregan appeared on under 19 and under-21 levels for Australia.
Gregan made his first appearance for the Wallabies in 1994 in a match against Italy in Brisbane, where the Wallabies defeated the Italians 23 to 20. He was capped in the victories over Italy and Western Samoa.
Gregan made a famous try-saving tackle on All Black Jeff Wilson, which later led to Australia winning the Bledisloe Cup and is one of the best moments in the Wallabies-All Blacks rivalry. Gregan had so far been on the winning team in all of his international appearances as Australia entered the 1995 World Cup in South Africa as defending champions. However, Australia made it to the quarter finals by losing 25 to 22 to England at Newlands in Cape Town.
It was a professional post-1995 World Cup, and one of the results of this was the development of the Super 12, in which Gregan became a foundation player for the ACT Brumbies franchise. Gregan was in the Wallabies eight times this season, with strong victories over both Wales and Canada in Brisbane, as well as a good showing against the Canadians. The Tri Nations Series between Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa was another example of professionalism. Gregan appeared in three of Australia's first ever tournament, scoring a try in the 25-32 loss to the All Blacks in Brisbane.
Gregan had been expected to be the starting half of the new Adelaide rugby league team for "seriously more money" than he would receive playing rugby union, but he chose to remain in the 15-man code during the 1990s' Super League war.
In 1997, Gregan was promoted to vice-captaincy of the Wallabies. Gregan attempted a try in the first game against the All Blacks, which was eventually lost 18 to 33, and the Wallabies won only one game against South Africa, finishing last in last place. Gregan had been capped another four times by the end of the year.
After winning in two games against the Irish and one against England in the winter of 1999 at home, the Wallabies ended up in the middle of the table for the 1999 Tri Nations Series, with Gregan also playing in every match). Australia finished at the top of Pool E, winning all their games against Romania and Ireland, although Gregan was forced to rest in the final pool match against the United States. After defeating South Africa in the semi-finals, the Wallabies continued to defeat Wales in the quarter finals at the new Millennium Stadium, with Gregan scoring a try, throwing Joe Roff into space and then winning the score board and eventually advancing to the final. After defeating France 35 to 12 in the final, the Wallabies became two-time World Champions.
Gregan became the Wallabies captain after John Eales' international retirement in 2001. Gregan was a natural successor to his position as vice-captain, as well as the fact that he was a virtual automatic pick for the national team.
Gregan appeared in all six matches at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. In the 17 to 16 victory over Ireland in the pool stages, he scored an early drop goal. In the 33-to-16 victory over Scotland in the quarter-finals, he also scored a try. In the semi-finals, Gregan led the Wallabies over the All Blacks in the Wallabies. After defeating his opponents, Gregan became chastised by saying, "Four more years boys, four more years" i.e. For a chance of winning the World Cup again, New Zealand will have to wait for another four years. In the final, Australia lost to England.
Gregan led the Wallabies on a spectacular winning campaign during the 2004 season after Australia's loss to the English in the World Cup. The Wallabies met England in a World Cup replay in Brisbane, where they retaliated after defeating Scotland twice at home. They defeated England 51 to 15. Australia lost just three matches in 2004, one against South Africa, one against New Zealand 16–7 in New Zealand, and another against France in Paris under Gregan. Gregan failed at Subiaco Oval in Perth against South Africa in July for his 100th Wallaby test. Gregan revealed in October 2004 that his four-year-old son had epilepsy and has launched an epilepsy awareness campaign in Australia with the tag 'Get on the Team.' He also assumed the role as a patron of Brainwave Australia.
Gregan missed a lot of the 2005 Super 12 season after breaking his leg during a game against the New South Wales Waratahs in Canberra. Gregan was back in Melbourne for the match against Italy, which the Wallabies won 619 to 29. Despite winning over the French and one over the Springboks, the Wallabies fell to the bottom of the 2005 Tri Nations Series table, losing all of their games. Gregan named England's Jason Leonard as the most capably player for a national team in Test rugby with 114 (Leonard also has five Lions caps) as his debut in Eden Park in Auckland against the All Blacks in 2005. Gregan went out on the field by himself before any of his teammates even advanced to the field.
At the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille against France on November 5, 2005, he earned his 115th cap, surpassing Leonard when he led out the Wallabies out of Marseille against France. The Wallabies lost the match 16 to 26. The French loss was followed by a match with the English at Twickenham, where England's superior scrummaging saw them win 26 to 16.
The Wallabies won a convincing victory over England in June 6, 2006, under new manager John Connolly. Gregan came off the bench in the second half of the second Test in Melbourne as he claimed his 120th international cap - a new world record.
The Wallabies entered the 2006 Tri Nations Series after the matches against the English and Irish peoples. Gregan tied for the most caps as captain of Australia two weeks later in Brisbane, where they tied John Eales for the most caps. Gregan defeated South Africa in Sydney's second match, becoming Australia's most captained captain of all time. The Wallabies managed to scrape home 20 to 18. Gregan was rested for the 2006 European Tour, and Matt Giteau was given a chance at halftime.
Toulon, France's top 14 team, announced on March 22nd that it had signed Gregan to a deal for the 2007-08 season. He was unveiled in France following the 2007 Rugby World Cup and was estimated to have cost €400,000 for the season.
On April 28, Gregan played his last home game with the Brumbies, leading his team to a victory over the Canterbury Crusaders. Stephen Larkham's last home game was also on display. The two were farewelled with the news that a stand at Canberra Stadium would be named after them.
Gregan was selected again as part of the Wallabies squad for the 2007 home tests against Wales and Fiji, as well as the Tri-Nations Series, but he was no longer the Captain of the team and was on the reserves bench behind Matt Giteau for the Tests against Wales. Gregan earned his starting position against South Africa in the first Tri-Nations game against South Africa, displaying his ability and longevity. Phil Waugh and Stirling Mortlock were among the Wallabies' co-captains, but Waugh was forced to the bench during the Tri-Nations in place of Gregan's Brumbies teammate George Smith, naming Mortlock to captaincy.
Gregan, Gregan's Chief Rugby Union reporter, told the Herald that Gregan was the "raging hot favorite" to be Australia's World Cup captain, despite the fact that Mortlock was named captain and Waugh and Gregan were named vice captains.
In the 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool B match against Fiji, John Smit equalled Will Carling's record of captaining an international team for 59 times, as well as Carling's in the 2009 Tri Nations Series Springbok Springbok competition, when he tied and beaten New Zealand in tests between New Zealand in Bloemfontein and Durban respectively.
Following a season at RC Toulonnais in the French Top 14, it was revealed on June 18th that he had joined Suntory Sungoliath in Japan.