Greg Growden
Greg Growden is Chief Rugby Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald
Stakes rise as ARU draws a bead on the cap rorters
Greg Growden The Australian Rugby Union investigation into the invoice salary cap rort continues, and several premiership clubs are bound to find themselves in trouble over how they have lured players.
Greg Growden
ARU questions clubs amid fears of widening salary cap swindle
Greg Growden THE Australian Rugby Union has begun interviewing officials from several premiership clubs as part of its investigation into whether an Australian province has breached salary cap restrictions...
ARU female influence a step towards level playing fields
Greg Growden When Australian Rugby Union director Peter Cosgrove recently announced the national body would undergo a corporate governance review, he argued it was ''not a time for old men in blazers to say: 'Not...
ARU boss to discuss comments with Cooper after 'cooling off'
Greg Growden PRETORIA: The Australian Rugby Union will wait until after the end of the Rugby Championship to try to solve its dispute with disenchanted Test five-eighth Quade Cooper.
ARU to probe 'pay' scheme
Greg Growden The Australian Rugby Union will investigate claims that one of the Australian Super Rugby franchises is involved in an elaborate scheme to avoid salary cap restrictions.
Wallabies await ARU's staff report
Greg Growden A report written by four former Test players will determine whether there will be radical changes to the Wallabies' off-field staff this year and also how the team prepares for internationals.
Gregan appointed to ARU board
Greg Growden Former Wallabies captain George Gregan is to join the Australian Rugby Union board of directors.
ARU cutting back on long-term player deals
Greg Growden THE days of the long Wallabies' player contracts are over.
Rugby
NSW set to lose power in ARU shake-up
Greg Growden FORMER federal minister for sport and committed Waratahs fan Mark Arbib is awaiting directions from the Australian Rugby Union over his role in a major review that is expected to lead to a fully...
Cosgrove, Arbib to lead ARU review
Greg Growden AN ARU corporate governance review, which is expected to call for dramatic changes including a fully independent board, is scheduled to be completed by October.
ARU review will help game get its mojo back
Greg Growden An Australian Rugby Union corporate governance review is long overdue and an important step towards convincing all that the game's administration at the top end is actually professional and no longer...
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.
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...
Get well soon, fellas: Wallabies have an entire Test team in the infirmary
Greg Growden The Wallabies have certainly discovered this season whether there is actually any depth in Australian rugby.
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.
Rugby Union
Wild Pumas stalking the Wallabies
Greg Growden Australian Rugby Union officials get strange requests from touring teams, but few as odd as this.
Rugby
Fun, fearsome Argentinians light fire under stale schedule
Greg Growden AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union officials get strange requests from touring teams, but not many as odd as the one a few nights ago.
A Rocky start under Cheika
Greg Growden If, as expected, Michael Cheika is announced the new Waratahs coach in the next few days, don't be surprised if a former Wallabies captain is again sighted wandering around Moore Park.
Rugby
Tahs dare to dream: SBW tops triple-header hit list
Greg Growden A SENIOR NSW official is involved in an audacious plan to create a 2013 Waratahs dream team revolving around Ewen McKenzie, Phil Blake and Sonny Bill Williams.
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...
