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.
Injury merry-go-round compounds captaincy conundrum
Greg Growden The Wallabies have received encouraging news about their end-of-season northern hemisphere tour.
Rugby
Wallabies focus on Test, away from Cooper's spray
Greg Growden HE IS thousands of kilometres away, but Quade Cooper's shadow still hangs heavily over the Wallabies as they try to stay focused on becoming the first Australian team to win at Loftus Versfeld.
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
Wary Wallabies three captains down
Greg Growden Will Genia becomes third Australian Test skipper in a row to suffer a season-ending injury.
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.
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
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...
Hooper faces ultimate Test as woes continue
Greg Growden THE Wallabies' woes continued last night when their tighthead prop Sekope Kepu was ruled out of Saturday night's Test against the All Blacks in Auckland after damaging his medial ligament in training.
Union
Genia last leader standing
Greg Growden THE Wallabies have discovered their leadership group is jinxed, with Will Genia the only man left standing after captain David Pocock discovered yesterday he may have played his last match for the...
Union
Red faces as Wallabies lose the plot and their dignity
Greg Growden AT EDEN PARK, a capacity crowd, loving every minute of the Wallabies being brutally carved up 22-0 by the All Blacks butchers, were involved in a Red Nose day for charity.
Rugby Union
Wallabies' effort comes to zero
Greg Growden, Auckland For the Wallabies the Test degenerated into a dreadful case of red faces.
Real Quade tipped to stand up to Boks
Greg Growden Quade Cooper did not excite too many with his lacklustre performance against the All Blacks in Auckland last Saturday night.
Rugby
Bozo shows Tahs how it's done
Greg Growden Waratahland is getting wackier by the minute. Only the Waratahs would appoint a person as their interim coach who mid-season was under serious threat of being sacked by the same organisation.
Rugby
Wallabies put stock in experience
Greg Growden THE Wallabies selectors love picking novices, but have shown by including Drew Mitchell, Radike Samo and Nathan Sharpe in the 30-man Rugby Championship squad they haven't forgotten their tribal...
Smiling assassin: Deans ready to show no mercy
Greg Growden Does it help or hinder you that the Australian provinces finished the Super Rugby season relatively early?
Rugby
Future looks gold as ill memories of loss fade
Greg Growden NEW ZEALAND will be wasting their time trying to psych out the Wallabies by reminding them of last year's World Cup semi-final loss, because it has been erased from their memory.
Union
It's time for a win, says Deans
Greg Growden The Wallabies are buoyant after repeatedly peaking at the right time during the Wales Test series but know they are still well short of what is required to beat the All Blacks at ANZ Stadium tonight.
Mitchell and Barnes earn reward with Cup call-up
Greg Growden BERRICK BARNES will be rewarded for his excellent series against Wales by holding onto the No.10 Test jersey, Dave Dennis is in line to move into the Wallabies' back row and Drew Mitchell's long wait...
Rugby
Confidence high, but belief alone won't beat All Blacks
Greg Growden THE Wallabies are buoyant after repeatedly peaking at the right time during the Wales Test series, but know they are still well short of what is required to be confident of beating the All Blacks at...
