Simon Grix

Simon Grix (born 28 September 1985) is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who played as a second-row forward for Halifax in the Betfred Championship[3][2] and has been the team's manager since May 2019.

Simon Grix
Personal information
Born (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight14 st 7 lb (92 kg) [1]
Playing information
PositionLoose forward, Second-row, Centre, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2003–04 Halifax 29 6 0 0 24
2006–15 Warrington Wolves 164 47 0 0 188
2016– Halifax 51 6 0 0 20
Total 244 59 0 0 232
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2010 Ireland 2 0 0 0 0
As of 15 August 2018
Source: [2][3]

Background

Grix was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

Halifax

Grix began his career at Halifax spending the 2003 and 2004 seasons at the club.

Grix playing for the Warrington Wolves

Warrington Wolves

In 2006 he joined the Warrington Wolves in the Super League.

He missed out on selection through injury for three Challenge Cup Finals.[4]

He played in the 2012 Super League Grand Final defeat to the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford.[5][6]

He played in the 2013 Super League Grand Final defeat to the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.[7][8][9][10][11]

Halifax

After 10 years at the Halliwell Jones Stadium he returned to Halifax

International career

He was mooted for a call-up to the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and was named in the Ireland training squad but did not make the final side.[12][13]

He eventually made his Ireland début in 2010.

He was named in their squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup but was ruled out by injury prior to the tournament and was replaced by Matty Hadden.[14]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of the rugby league footballer; Scott Grix, and cousin of the association footballer and manager; Michael Collins.

References
  1. "Profile at superleague.co.uk". superleague.co.uk. 17 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Simon Grix misses his third Challenge Cup Final for Warrington Wolves". Warrington Guardian. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. "Grand Final: Warrington 18-26 Leeds". BBC Sport. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. "Leeds' Kevin Sinfield stars in Grand Final triumph against Warrington". Guardian. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  7. "Super League Grand Final". Super League. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  8. Newsum, Matt (5 October 2013). "Super League Grand Final: Wigan Warriors beat Warrington". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  9. "Super League Grand Final: Warrington v Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  10. "Warrington Wolves 16 Wigan Warriors 30". Daily Telegraph. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  11. "Wigan see off Warrington in X-rated Grand Final to complete double". Guardian. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. "White Eyes a Green Jersey". RLWC08.com. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  13. "Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  14. "Matty Hadden of Oxford called into Ireland squad". skysports.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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