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Who were the 15 greatest Wallabies of all time?

Who were the 15 greatest Wallabies of all time?

In a new book, author and indispensable rugby commentator Gordon Bray had a brutal task picking from the 900 players who have represented Australia over 125 years.

James CurranInternational editor

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So synonymous was Gordon Bray with rugby union commentary in Australia that as the game was catapulted into the professional era in the mid-1990s, commercial TV stations had to fold him into the deal as they bickered over broadcasting rights.

Bray was the unrivalled “voice of rugby” in the Southern Hemisphere, and fans were simply not prepared to do without him calling Wallaby test matches.

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James CurranInternational editorJames Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s International Editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.

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