Peter Johnson, one of Australia's greatest and most influential players of the amateur era, has died.
Johnson, who was 78, passed away at his family home on Sydney's northern beaches on Tuesday. He played 42 Test matches for Australia, including five as captain. 
He was credited with revolutionising the role of a hooker, a point current Wallabies captain and hooker Stephen Moore acknowledged last night on Twitter.
Johnson's ability was noticed early at the Sydney Boys' High School before he graduated to club rugby with Eastern Suburbs, moving between Sydney University and Randwick, though the latter was where he remained for much of his career, amassing 215 first-grade matches.
His club legacy was recognised with his inclusion in the Randwick Team of the Century, in which he was selected ahead of Phil Kearns and Jim Brown, the player he replaced in first grade.
Johnson had his opportunity of representative rugby at the age of 21, playing for South Harbour and the Australian Barbarians against the New Zealand Maori, with his form rewarded with his first Wallabies tour, a 1958 trip to New Zealand.
He played five of the 13 matches on that tour but didn't get the chance to pull on a Test Cap.
In 1959 Johnson appeared for NSW and then was capped for the Wallabies in two Test matches against the visiting British Lions, beginning one of the most remarkable representative careers of any Wallaby.
Johnson played his final international in 1971 against the Combined French team, where for the first time in his Test career he was replaced through injury.
He retired that same year at 34 years of age with 42 Tests to his name, surpassing the tally of Wallaby legend Tony Miller to become the most capped Wallaby of all time.
In all, Johnson played 92 matches for his country which included eight Wallaby tours, a significant achievement in a time when the Wallabies played far fewer Tests annually than in the modern era.
Johnson played a leading role in the 1963 Wallaby tour of South Africa, with a 2-2 drawn Test series agains the Springboks regarded at the time as one of the greatest achievements by a touring side in hsitory.
It certainly put Australia on the rugby map in South Africa and could be viewed as a catalyst for forging the ties the Wallabies have with the Springboks today.
Johnson continued his involvement with the game in a multitude of ways, including being a columnist for this newspaper for many years and in television, largely with the Nine Network.
His passion for the game extended to him being a volunteer pushing the Waverley College roller on the school's Queens Park fields in Sydney's eastern suburbs.Former Wallaby Stephen Hoiles said last night: "This is a terribly sad day for Australian rugby and the rugby community will pause to reflect on what was a remarkable career and life of a great Australian."