Television Career
Griggs was the first guest on the long-running ABC programme Live and Sweaty. As part of the programme, sporting guests were asked to donate various body parts to the "Sporting Hall of Fame". Griggs donated her appendix.
Griggs built a solid career in media and was a regular panelist on Network Ten program, Beauty and the Beast. At this time she was also dating rugby league footballer Luke Ricketson.
She later joined Seven Network. At Seven, Griggs has hosted Auction Squad and House Calls to the Rescue and participated in the Australian Open coverage, and was the first Australian woman to solely host an Olympics' coverage when she covered the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
From 2001 to 2006, Griggs also hosted Australia's longest-running sports program, Sportsworld with Matthew White on a Sunday morning and presented home show Auction Squad for two years.
In 2005, she replaced Noni Hazlehurst as host of the long-running program Better Homes and Gardens.
In 2009, after previously acting as a fill-in presenter for Seven News Sydney weekend sports bulletin, she took on the role full-time. Replacing Alex Cullen who moved to the weeknight role. In November 2010, Griggs resigned from Seven News Sydney to spend more time with her family.
Griggs covers several sporting events for Seven Sport.
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