Greg Growden
Greg Growden is Chief Rugby Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald
Union
Red faces on a black day
Greg Growden At Eden Park, a capacity crowd - loving every minute of the Wallabies being brutally carved up by the All Blacks butchers - were involved in a red-nose day for charity.
Rugby
Wounded and weary Wallabies relying on pride to earn result
Greg Growden ROSARIO: Wherever they have gone in Argentina this week, there has been no reprieve for the Wallabies.
Rugby Union
Wallabies told: No bull, it will be rough
Greg Growden Wallabies warned they are about to be involved in confronting and demanding Test match.
Rugby
Beale aims for a perfect 10 to cement Wallabies five-eighth spot
Greg Growden ROSARIO: Kurtley Beale may only be the latest Test stop-gap measure at five-eighth until James O'Connor returns to the Wallabies, but the Rebels utility wants to make the pivotal spot his own.
Something's brewing: time for this well-fed scribe to bid adios
Greg Growden It all began 30 years ago. Australia v Scotland. Sydney Cricket Ground. After babbling my first Test match report for The Sun-Herald country edition to a similarly confused copytaker back in the old...
Greg Growden
The years, the men, the nights, the tours, the team ... the end
Greg Growden After 20-odd years (with the emphasis on odd) of taking the mickey, it's time for the farewell Ruck and Maul column.
Poor record in Pretoria motivates Wallabies
Greg Growden JOHANNESBURG: The Wallabies don't like dredging up their past, which is understandable as it involves numerous black holes.
Rugby
Beale gets recall as Cooper fires up
Greg Growden JOHANNESBURG: Kurtley Beale is psyching himself up for his first starting appearance in the Wallabies No.
Cooper, Beale saved by Deans for Springboks clash
Greg Growden Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has again shown faith in two of his Three Amigos by returning Kurtley Beale to the starting line-up and giving Quade Cooper another chance at No.
Loss will be cruel cut for grassroots
Greg Growden For decades, rugby's grassroots supporters have followed a ritual. They head to a suburban ground, go straight to the canteen, buy a copy of the Rugby News match program, and while waiting for...
Rugby
De Villiers spills beans on Deans in his book
Greg Growden Former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers is the master of putting himself and others into trouble. Now Wallabies coach Robbie Deans and ARU official David Nucifora will probably be miffed with...
Rugby
Wallabies forwards get rev-up from White
Greg Growden SPRINGBOKS World Cup-winning coach Jake White has called on the Wallabies forwards to dramatically lift their standards against South Africa tomorrow night, otherwise they will suffer their third...
Wallabies' fragile confidence shot full of holes out in the wild west
Greg Growden AFTER the despair of Sydney, Auckland and another doomed Bledisloe Cup campaign, the Wallabies headed to the other side of the country in search of pain relief. No such luck.
Rugby Union
Sweet and sour for Wallabies
Greg Growden Relief at last for the Wallabies as they hold on to beat the Springboks at Subiaco.
Little love lost between old foes as Deans takes clear swipe at Henry
Greg Growden Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has had a clever dig at his old All Blacks foe Graham Henry while promoting next year's British and Irish Lions tour.
No guts, no glory: Wallabies pass important test of character
Greg Growden After almost smashing his walkie-talkie against his forehead during the match, Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer finally calmed down, and explained what it is all about.
West not best for Wallabies
Greg Growden The decision to stage Wallabies Tests against NRL and AFL finals matches has hit a snag. While the idea in essence has merit, it becomes a fizzer when the Wallabies are struggling, and those in...
Union
Exciting Pumas hard to predict
Greg Growden Australian Rugby Union officials get strange requests from touring teams, but few as odd as the one a few nights ago.
Fightback saves Deans for now, but great escape isn't over yet
Greg Growden It wasn't quite the momentous speech that Michael Lynagh made to his Wallabies teammates behind the Lansdowne Road goalposts in 1991 that led to the match-winning try against Ireland in the 1991...
Union
Knee surgery makes Pocock latest leader to bow out
Greg Growden The Wallabies have discovered their leadership group is jinxed, with Will Genia the only man left standing after captain David Pocock yesterday discovered he may have played his last match for the...
