Blissfully content off the field and thriving again on it, Wallabies trump Matt Giteau has revealed the great disappointment driving his stellar career.
Giteau has achieved virtually every meaningful individual honour in Australian rugby from a tryscoring hat-trick in his maiden Test start in 2003 to the buzz of being named Wallabies' player of the year last month.
But what the 27-year-old craves are the ultimate team trophies the World Cup, Bledisloe Cup and Tri Nations crown.
''That's why I play rugby for the team rewards and the team accolades and I'll be playing till I'm 40 if I still haven't got one,'' Giteau said before Australia's grand slam tour showdown with Ireland at Dublin's Croke Park on Monday.
''To not have any of those trophies, especially after coming so close at the World Cup in 2003, that's what drives me,'' Giteau said.
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