David Ian Campese (born 21 October 1962 in Queanbeyan from an Italian father and an Australian mother). Also known as Campo, is an Australian former Rugby Union player.

Campese is considered one of the greatest wingers in Rugby Union history. He also occasionally played fullback. Campese is uniquely great in sports - an often flawed player brave enough to attempt the most brilliant plays, while walking a thin line between success and failure. Campese was a constant risk taker and often a weak defender. Former Australian rugby coach Bob Dwyer said of Campese, “I’d rather have Campo on attack than defence.” Another former Australian rugby coach, Alan Jones, also said of Campese, “He’s probably done one or two bad things and 15 good things.” His propensity to make mistakes often made him the central feature of controversial moments, but his brilliance during some of Australian rugby’s most vital moments have often led him to be called Australia’s greatest rugby player and possibly one of the greatest rugby wingers in the history of the game. Campese was often forthright and cocky, bragging about being a millionaire years before rugby union went professional. But as Nick Farr-Jones once said, "He was just one of those instinctive players that just have pure genius".

He was capped by the Wallabies 101 times, and held the world record for the most tries in test matches (64) until Daisuke Ohata scored his 65th try playing for Japan on 14 May 2006. He was voted player of the tournament at the 1991 Rugby World Cup after scoring nine tries in tests that season and six in the tournament. He is famous for his "goose-step" - a hitch-kick motion which left opponents stumbling to try and tackle him.

See also
Game Changers 1: Jimmy Peters
Game Changers 2: Gareth Edwards
Game Changers 3: Wayne Shelford
Game Changers 4: Gordon Tietjens
Game Changers 5: Vernon Pugh

Source: Wikipedia