Greg Brentnall (born in Wagga Wagga, Australia) was a rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. Wagga Wagga For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league The New South Wales Rugby League team represents the state of New South Wales annually in the Rugby League State of Origin competition against arch-rivals Queensland
Brentnall played Australian rules football in Riverina in the 1960s before turning down an offer to play in the VFL/AFL and switching to rugby league, taking up a contract with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 1972. Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales (NSW Australia The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club (formerly Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and "The Berries") are an Australian professional Rugby league His ability to catch the highball made him a valuable fullback for many rugby league representative teams, and he represented Australia in rugby league.
In 1982, he won the Dally M Medal. The Dally M Medal is the premier individual award in the National Rugby League, which is given to the player voted by commentators as the best and fairest in the competition
He is currently football manager for the Melbourne Storm rugby league club and the club have honoured him by naming the young achiever (under 18 player) trophy after him. The Melbourne Storm is a professional Rugby league football club based in the city of Melbourne, Australia