George Gregan

PTP Fitness founder Alexander Goldberg claimed Gregan and former Waratahs player Matthew Dixon "hatched a plan" to remove him from the business that sells fitness items including resistance bands, yoga mats and fit balls. Goldberg has brought legal proceedings in respect of that claim.

Gregan, Goldberg and Dixon are directors of Fitness Systems United, which trades as PTP Fitness and turns over about A$20 million a year.

Gregan is also embroiled in a second legal proceeding in the Federal Court brought by the startup.

Gregan is a director of Fitness Systems United, which trades as PTP Fitness and sells fitness items including resistance bands, yoga mats and fit balls.

Its products are stocked in Rebel Sport and sold online through its own website and The Iconic.

A source close to the business who did not want to be identified said PTP Fitness was a "multimillion-dollar business".

Though Gregan’s on-field quality is undisputed, his advice has been attitudinal in nature, helping players with leadership and their mentality.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika said Gregan was an invaluable resource to have.

“He’s going to do a bit of work, just our off-field stuff with some of our lads,” he said.

“There’s no one better - he’s the number one around his attitude, leadership, work ethic, he’s got all those things.

The former Parramatta Eels star was afforded little game time in the last event before the Olympics, playing just 17 minutes in Fiji’s six matches – all off the bench – and struggled to adapt to the speed and physical demands.

It was telling that coach Ben Ryan, whose side secured back-to-back sevens titles on Saturday by making it through to the quarter-finals, did not call for Hayne in the semi-final, which Fiji lost 26-21 to South Africa.