Paul McGregor

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Paul "Mary" McGregor born Dapto, NSW was an Australian rugby league player, a classy Centre Three-quarter for the Illawarra Steelers and the merged St George Illawarra Dragons at the commencement of their joint venture in 1999. He represented New South Wales in the State of Origin Series and the Australian national rugby league team.

[edit] Club Career

McGregor played 5 seasons of first grade at Dapto before being signed by the Steelers at age 23 in 1991. He played 121 games with the club from 1991 to 1998 scoring 44 tries.

He was the foundation captain of the St.George-Illawarra joint venture from 1999 but spent time on the sidelines with injury that year and during the entire 2000 season. He retired at the end of the 2001 having played 32 games with the joint venture club.

[edit] Representative Career

McGregor represented the NSW Blues in 14 State of Origin games between 1992 and 1998. He added a touch of class to the Blues backline in the 1990s with his trademark step and wonderful offloads. He was powerful runner of the football out wide and provided a great combination with his club teammate Blues winger Rod Wishart. McGregor scored four tries in Origin and was Man of the Match in Game 2 of the 1997 series.

He represented the Kangaroosin 4 tests from 1994 to 1995 where he scored 3 tries.