Greg Growden
Greg Growden is Chief Rugby Correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald
Off-the-ball exchanges a winner
Greg Growden No matter if they are victors or losers today, the Wallabies will leave Argentina having won over the locals.
Injury merry-go-round compounds captaincy conundrum
Greg Growden The Wallabies have received encouraging news about their end-of-season northern hemisphere tour.
Union
Wallabies unsettled by Cooper's outburst
Greg Growden, Pretoria He is thousands of kilometres away, but Quade Cooper's shadow hangs over the Wallabies.
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.
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.
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...
Stalwart sees parallel in wounded '78 Wallabies
Greg Growden Analysis: The Wallabies brains trust could not have chosen a better former Test player than Tony Shaw to present the jerseys to the team in Auckland yesterday, and to remind them that all is not lost.
Deans rapidly running out of time after latest Kiwi debacle
Greg Growden The Australian Rugby Union will continue backing Robbie Deans, but patience is wearing thin.
Rugby
Early start for Super Rugby to fit around tours
Greg Growden THE Australian rugby season is about to get even longer, with Super Rugby likely to start earlier in February to accommodate next year's three-Test British and Irish Lions tour.
Tahs officials make farce first stop on itinerary
Greg Growden The antics at the Waratahs and Force keep getting crazier.
Rugby
Give me five: O'Neill argues local sides are strong enough
Greg Growden AUSTRALIAN Rugby Union chief John O'Neill believes complaints that Australia doesn't have the playing numbers to warrant a fifth Super Rugby team and the local conference is not pulling its weight...
Gallop should take a run at sorting out Waratahs
Greg Growden A heartfelt plea to David Gallop. C'mon David, I know deep, deep down you actually don't mind rugby union. Don't deny it.
Rugby
Loss to Scots gives doubters more ammo to target Deans
Greg Growden ROBBIE DEANS looked devastated after the loss to Scotland in Newcastle on Tuesday night. He wasn't much brighter when he arrived in Brisbane late yesterday - because he had been out-coached by...
Rugby
Club boss could face the sack if rort proved
Greg Growden THE Australian Rugby Union will investigate claims that one of its Super Rugby provinces 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.
Rugby
Reds revival has shown the way forward, says O'Neill
Greg Growden JOHN O'NEILL, the Australian Rugby Union chief, has called on the four other Australian Super provinces to follow the example of the Queensland Reds and dramatically boost crowds to improve the...
Rugby
Waratahs to turn up excitement without kicking out game plan
Greg Growden THE call to be more extravagant has come from above, but don't expect the Waratahs to suddenly become the great entertainers of this year's Super Rugby tournament.
Rugby
Cooper may be out, but Reds believe the title is theirs to lose
Greg Growden EWEN McKENZIE has been on a fitness drive, lost the bulk around his girth, and looks taut, trim and terrific. But that doesn't mean the successful Reds coach has suddenly become feeble.
Retirement looms for Vickerman
Greg Growden, Sydney Dan Vickerman may have played his last game for the Waratahs and Wallabies.
