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.
Wallabies ready for character test
Greg Growden ROSARIO: Wallabies captain Nathan Sharpe has told his players that even though they are missing a long line of key performers they can still prove they are a team with special character by rebounding...
Rugby
Cummins, Tapuai plug latest gaps in Test team
Greg Growden ROSARIO: The Wallabies merry-go-round continues to spin with two more newcomers - Nick Cummins and Ben Tapuai - joining the Test team, taking the tally of players who have appeared in the green and...
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.
Rugby
Desperate Wallabies sneak past Pumas
Greg Growden The Wallabies were bashed, smashed and almost crashed, but somehow held on long enough able to enjoy a brave four-point victory over Argentina on the Gold Coast last night.
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.
Rugby
Broken Wallabies humiliated by South Africa
Greg Growden The Wallabies were smashed up and spat out by the Springboks, thrashed five tries to one while suffering a horrendous injury toll at Loftus Versfeld this morning.
Rugby Union
Injury toll in Wallabies loss
Greg Growden, Pretoria Wallabies coach Robbie Deans admitted he had never witnessed a more bizarre Test.
Rugby
Aussie trio vie for fullback in Argentina test
Greg Growden Mike Harris, Pat McCabe and Dom Shipperley will be vying for the vacant fullback spot in Saturday night's Test against Argentina in Rosario, Argentina.
Rugby
Harris in frame to be Wallabies new fullback
Greg Growden Rosario: Mike Harris is set to become the fifth Wallabies fullback in ten Tests this season and Dave Dennis is under threat of being replaced in the backrow for Saturday night's international against...
Rugby
Battered and bruised, Wallabies must make stand in Argentina
Greg Growden Australian Rugby has endured the most dreadful of weeks. And next week could be even worse, with the Wallabies heading deeper into the horror tour from hell.
Wallabies beef up pack to prepare for tough battle with brutal Pumas
Greg Growden ROSARIO: In the land of gargantuan steaks and enormous forwards, the Wallabies will go for brawn in their pack to confront the Pumas on Saturday night.
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.
Rugby
Barnes calls on pack to let backs apply running game
Greg Growden THE Wallabies backs, infuriated they have been branded conservative and defence-oriented, want to use the Springboks Test to remind all they actually know how to score tries, and plenty of them.
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.
Rugby
Genia gone for six months as captain's curse strikes
Greg Growden THE Wallabies are pondering whether it is wise to officially announce another captain after Will Genia become their third Test skipper in a row to suffer a season-ending injury.
Rugby
McCabe's return pushes Beale to the bench for Pumas
Greg Growden Wallabies coach Robbie Deans believes axed fullback Kurtley Beale's conditioning must improve before he can again be considered for a starting Test spot.
Rugby Union
Deans puts Beale on notice
Greg Growden Wallabies coach believes axed full-back Kurtley Beale's conditioning must improve.
Rugby Union
Wallabies survive a mauling
Greg Growden, Gold Coast The Wallabies were bashed, smashed and almost crashed, but held on long enough for a brave four-point victory over Argentina on the Gold Coast last night.
