JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 06: George Gregan, the Wallaby captain meets Manute Bol, the former NBA basketball player and tallest player to play NBA. Bol is on a tour of South Africa to promote basketball in the region, pictured at the Sandton Sun Hotel on September 6, 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Getty Images logo Getty Images 47 months ago

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 06: George Gregan, the Wallaby captain meets Manute Bol, the former NBA basketball player and tallest player to play NBA. Bol is on a tour of South Africa to promote basketball in the region, pictured at the Sandton Sun Hotel on September 6, 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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