Dan Crowley managed an extraordinary double life for years - playing rugby for the Wallabies while working as an undercover policeman.

Broadcast date: Thursday 12 August 2010

Dan worked as an undercover cop for several years, putting himself at great risk but successfully bringing down some of the drug rings on the Gold Coast.

He managed to convince the sports media to keep his secret, not publishing his photo or giving away details of his day job during his highly successful rugby career - wearing the Queensland Reds jersey 125 times and playing in three World Cups.

Dan started up his own private investigation business whilst he was still in the police force to make a bit of extra money, serving writs and hiding behind trees conducting surveillance on insurance-scammers.

The business has now grown into a major national concern, Verifact, but Dan still makes time to commentate on rugby for commercial TV.

Undercover Prop published by Pan Macmillan Australia 2005

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