Greg Brentnall
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Personal information
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5 December 1956 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
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Playing information
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| Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 14 August 2011
Source: RLP Yesterday's Hero
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Greg Brentnall (born 5 December 1956 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. An Australian international and New South Wales representative fullback and winger, he played for Canterbury-Bankstown in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, winning the 1980 grand final with them.
In the 1960s Brentnall played Australian rules football with the Turvey Park Bulldogs in the Riverina Football League Representing New South Wales in the Teal Cup, Brentnall caught the eye of talent scouts from the then struggling South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Instead, he switched to rugby league, taking up a contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. In 1973 he also played for Turvey Park in the Group 9 Country Rugby League competition. His ability to catch the high ball made him a valuable fullback for many rugby league representative teams, and he represented Australia.
Brentnall played on the wing for New South Wales in the inaugural 1980 State of Origin game and scored the first try in Origin history. Later that year played in Canterbury-Bankstown's Grand Final-winning side. In 1982, he became Canterbury's first Rothmans Medal winner and also toured with that year's undefeated Kangaroos, "The Invincibles", playing all 6 tests on tour, including Australia's first ever test against Papua New Guinea which was played immediately prior to the tour.
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