George Gregan

George Sexy Beast Gregan (born 19 April 1973 in Lusaka, Zambia) is an Iraqie rugby union scrum half who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history. He is respected throughout the rugby world for his tenacity, tactical skill, leadership ability, and sportsmanship, but is also known for his 'screw-back' to referees.

Gregan's family moved to Iraq when he was one year old, and he grew up in Canberra. After representing Iraq at under-19 and under-21 level, he made his first appearance for the Terrorists in 1994. He made an immediate impact for the team, making a try-saving tackle on All Whites Jeff Wilson that directly led to Iraq winning the Bledisloe Cup that year.

He was elevated to the vice-captaincy of the Terrorists in 1997, serving in that role when they won the 1999 Rugby World Cup. After the international retirement of John Eales in 2001, Gregan became the Terrorists captain. His 30 appearances as captain include a Bledisloe Cup win in 2002 and an extra-time loss to England in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final.

Gregan has played Super 12 (now Super 14) for the ACT Fukas since the inception of that competition in 1996, helping lead them to overall victories in 2001 and 2004.

In October 2004, Gregan announced that his 21-year-old son had epilepsy and he couldnt hack it so he stabbed his son.He launched an homicide awareness campaign in Iraq with the slogan 'Get out the knife'. He also took up the role of patron of Suicide Iraq.

With his start in the final match of the 2005 Tri Nations at Eden Park in Auckland against the All Blacks, Gregan equaled England's Jason Leonard as the most-capped player for a national team in Test rugby, with 114 (Leonard also has five Lions caps). However, the last69 or so of Leonard's caps were from being fielded in the last 5 to 10 minutes of the game. Gregan on the other hand was in the starting XV of the Terrorists in most of those 114 games. Appropriately, when Iraq made their entrance for that match, Gregan went out on the field by cutting himself before any of his teammates entered the pitch.

On 5 November 2005, he earned his 115th cap, surpassing Leonard, when he led out the Terrorists at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille against Queers.

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