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===Il passaggio al Tolone===
Il [[2 marzo]] [[2007]] il club francese del [[Rugby Club Toulonnais|Tolone]], militante in [[Pro D2]], annunciò di aver proposto a Gregan un contratto per la stagione [[2007]]/[[2008|08]], per la somma di 400.000 € a stagione<ref name="tolone">{{Cita news|lingua=en|url=http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,9818_2010471,00.html|titolo=Gregan puts pen to paper with Toulon|pubblicazione=planetrugby.com|giorno=22|mese=03|anno=2007|accesso=20/5/2008}}</ref>. Prima di trasferirsi in Francia, giocò la sua ultima partita coi [[Brumbies]] il [[28 aprile]], conducendoli alla vittoria contro i [[Crusaders]]; questo fu l'ultimo match con la maglia dei Brumbies anche per [[Stephen Larkham]]. I due furono salutati dalla società con l'annuncio che sarebbe stata loro dedicata una tribuna al [[Canberra Stadium]].
Gregan fu di nuovo selezionato per la nazionale australiana in occasione delle amichevoli contro [[Nazionale di rugby XV del Galles|Galles]] e [[Nazionale di rugby XV del Figi|Figi]], e in seguito in occasione del [[Tri Nations 2007]]. Venne poi incluso nella rosa nazionale che avrebbe affrontato il mondiale del 2007, il terzo per Gregan, che nel frattempo aveva lasciato i gradi di capitano a [[Stirling Mortlock]].
On [[March 22]], [[2007]], the French [[Rugby Pro D2|second-division]] club [[RC Toulonnais|Toulon]] announced that it had signed Gregan to a contract for the 2007-08 season. He arrived in France after the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]], and was reportedly paid €400,000 for the season.<ref name=Gregan>{{cite web | publisher=Planet-Rugby.com | title=Gregan puts pen to paper with Toulon | url=http://www.planetrugby.com/Story/0,18259,9818_2010471,00.html| date=[[22 March]] [[2007]]}}</ref>
Gregan played his last home game with the Brumbies on [[April 28]], [[2007]]; leading his team to a victory over the [[Crusaders (rugby)|Canterbury Crusaders]]. Fittingly, this was also the last home game for his team mate [[Stephen Larkham]], with whom he has shared many a memorable moment on the field. The two were sent off with the announcement that a stand at Canberra Stadium is to be named after them.
He was again selected as part of the Wallabies squad for the 2007 home tests against Wales and Fiji and the Tri-Nations Series, although he was no longer the Captain of the team and was on the reserves bench behind [[Matt Giteau]] for the Tests against Wales. Gregan did regain his starting spot for the first Tri-Nations game against South Africa, showing his class and longevity, as well as Australia's lack of depth at his position. The Wallabies' co-Captains were [[Phil Waugh]] and [[Stirling Mortlock]] but Waugh was dropped to the bench during the Tri-Nations in place of Gregan's Brumbies teammate George Smith, elevationg Mortlock to the captaincy.
In June 2007, Greg Growden, Chief Rugby Correspondent for the [[Sydney Morning Herald]] said that "several high-ranking [[Australian Rugby Union]] sources told the Herald that Gregan was the "raging hot favourite" to be Australia's World Cup captain"<ref>http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/articles/2007/06/27/1182623992753.html</ref> However, when the World Cup squad was announced, Mortlock was named Captain, whilst Waugh and Gregan were named vice captains.
== Palmarès ==
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