George Gregan - Wallaby Legend

George Gregan is arguably the greatest scrumhalf to ever play for Australia. He played in an era where his biggest rivals were Van Der Westhuizen, Marshall, Galthie and Dawson. In a golden age of international scrumhalves, he ranks among the best.

[@floydkingi4364]

At one stage he was probably the most hated man in New Zealand, hated because he was too damn good, hated but respected all the same! "FOUR MORE YEARS!!!" 😢😢😢

[@darrenkershaw147]

Size means nothing when you have the talent, skills and heart of a lion...He had all those attributes. Was privileged to meet him in a bar in Sydney after the final lions test 2013. Legend and humble guy

[@maxt7525]

When Australia had a great team and captain

[@pbearau]

Last time Aussie was great

[@Will.Flavell]

2015 Wallabies were well that year they won the Rugby Championship and made it to the World Cup Final now 2023 they are a laughing stock.

[@MeanAzz_13]

No disrespect to Marshy but Gregan and Joost had it over him by a loooooong way! From *New Zealand* ☝🏽🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

[@auzziebattla]

Hasn’t aged at all Gorgeous George!

[@dillberry99]

gregan schooled the kiwis, time and time again. he'll never be beaten

[@mootheconqueror1965]

One of the toughest players to put on a Wallabies jersey.

[@stevo68]

One of the toughest players to put on any rugby jersey.

[@virgboogie]

An absolute legend on and off the field! Top bloke!

[@Ghost-ql3hl]

My favourite rugby player ever

[@jvmccallum]

ANGRY KOALA was the nickname. So much passion and heart.

[@ay613]

A solid scrumhalf.

[@mdjcsmith]

I wish there was more footage of the guys that George Gregan had to get past here in Australia to get to the Wallaby spot. Guys like Peter Slattery, "Champagne" Sam Payne and of course Steve Merrick, the man who took Gregan's spot in the Wallabies and then all of a sudden just retired back to his farm. All of them were great players, and just to think- there were guys like Aubin Hueber, Werner Swanepoel and Chris Whitaker whom at any other stage would have been mainstays in their national teams; it really was a great time for the aficionado of the scrum-half.

[@MeanAzz_13]

Payne was ok, but I remember Steve Merrick he was a fiery n tough little bugger! I think he had blond wavy hair I could be wrong, n thinking of Whittaker. From a *Kiwi* 🇳🇿👍🏽

[@ericmesser1]

Genius George……..loved to watch you play……thanks🇦🇺

[@thatsbollox]

One of the great scrumhalves, but whenever i see footage of George my eyes look for his mate Larkham. Was an era that seemed to produce terrific Bledisloe Cup matches. "Everyone loves George". Strangely very popular in NZ as well. Perhaps they also remember a great era in Bledisloe games.

[@joneh9483]

You deserve way more subscribers for the amount of work you put into finding all this content

[@RealRugby]

Thanks mate, and thanks for your support!

[@MeanAzz_13]

@@RealRugby Gotta back up his comment bro! Your videos are bad ass! Cullens was my favorite! But loved Jonah's, Pieter Rosssouw, Andre Venter n Pearce Spies! You gotta do 1 on Rupeni Caucaunibucca 🇹🇻 And congrats n welcome to the *3 RWC'S club!* bro! ☝🏽🇿🇦🏆🏆🏆🇳🇿🏆🏆🏆👍🏽

[@RealRugby]

@@MeanAzz_13 thanks for the support mate. We have done one on Rupeni, just search for it :-)

[@rogerpattube]

Especially considering the lack of material to work with!

[@audaneydiedericks9787]

THIS WAS A LEGEND, I LOVE U GEORGY. FAN CAPETOWN👊✊

[@jossiesteenkamp9317]

The GOAT

[@nase2748]

8:55 how was that not a knock on? The ref was staring right at him when he drop the ball WTF

[@chickentwisties2298]

Best half-back of all time.

[@camelo1495]

20 years on and I still look back with great memories of cheering, jumping up and down and awe.

[@williambaglme819]

How did Rugby Australia regress after the Gregan, Larkham, Smith, etc...? How did that happen??

[@potterj09]

All hail Greegz ! All hail Greegz ! *echoing shwiches of 10000 swords like Dune for Lord Gregan*

[@johne6479]

damn he knew how to rub the salt in, him and Kearnsey . .right pair a bastards :-)) AB's fan ;-)

[@Steven-xi8xz]

3:08 secs I'm left so Shocked surprised (1996) Brumbies Wallabies the quality Us horrible but Yeah it brings back Memories as I played 14 years the feeling Never leaves us did You know that our Neurological our body Remembers and stores All the good for the Better and then best$

[@paulyb1399]

I didn't know he took field goals... his passing was mean as

[@enslindavel28]

Gregan is originally from Zambia - good 9 but then there is Joost vd Westhuizen and Fourie du Preez ( all 3 RWC winners including Matt Dawson) Great 9's always win a RWC medal

[@AUmarcus]

He was born in same hospital as Corne Krige.

[@ggmm6182]

Gregan's father was Australian and his mother was from Zimbabwe although he was born in Zambia he moved to Canberra Australia at the age of 2, Gregan also won a world cup in 1999

[@Slipperygecko390]

Dupont is the man these days but he isn't kicking drop goals or dribbling the ball like its soccer out of the ruck and over the line.

[@MTG776]

He still looks like he could don a Wallabies Jersey & cut it today...

[@MavukuTokonaIII]

had to come back and remind myself why I first supported the wallabies, 2023 squad and eddie jones are the absolute worst!

[@rogerpattube]

Excellent distributor of the ball but average running game means he cannot be considered in the top echelon with the likes of Edwards, Going, Loveridge and Catchpole, or even with Farr-Jones, Des Connor and Hipwell. Contemporaries van der Westhuizen and Marshall were more rounded with ability to break, and physique be a ‘fourth loosie’ when needed. When you can only find a few support play tries in a career of ten years, and have to replay these three times in slow motion to pad out the video you know there’s not much material there.

[@davidtaliai996]

Lol what are you talking about? Gregan was a better herder of his forwards than any of his contemporaries. His brains trust with larkham was what elevated the brumbies and the wallabies to the top of the echelon for close to a decade. You watch how he directs and positions his forwards before he passes it to larkham to launch the attack it was second to none.

[@floydkingi4364]

Ouch that's brutal, I thought he was brilliant myself