Grant Rix

Grant Rix
Personal information
Born (1965-02-09) 9 February 1965
Playing information

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
? Fortitude Valley ? ?
? Halifax ? ?
1988–90 Brisbane 17 8
Total 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1986 Queensland 0 0

Grant Rix (born 9 February 1965) is an Australian former rugby league player. During his career he played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership for Fortitude Valley Diehards, the New South Wales Rugby League premiership with the Brisbane Broncos and in England with Halifax.He had huge potential and was seen to be the successor to Wally Lewis until he was struck with successive knee operations and was forced to retire aged 24 years.

Playing career

Early career

Selected Australian Schoolboys 1982 & 1983. Selected Queensland v New Zealand 1984 (18 years 254 days old). He toured Papua New Guinea with the President's XIII Australian side in 1985. He was selected for Queensland for State of Origin III in 1986 (49th player to be selected for Queensland), but did not take the field .Played Brisbane Broncos 1988-1990. Member of the Brisbane Broncos coaching staff 1991-1993. He coach Brisbane Norths Devils 1994-1995.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Grant Rix played Centre, i.e. number 4, in Halifax's 19-18 victory over St. Helens in the 1987 Challenge Cup Final during the 1986–87 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1987.


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