Grant Fox

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name = Grant Fox


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birthname = Grant James Fox
birthyear = 1962
birthmonth = 06
birthday = 16
placeofbirth = New Plymouth, New Zealand
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weight = convert|72|kg|stlb|abbr=on
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ru_nationalteam = flagicon|NZNew Zealand
ru_nationalyears = 1985-1993
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ru_nationalpoints = (645)
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ru_provincepoints = (2746)
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school = Auckland Grammar
university = Auckland University

Grant James Fox (born 6 June 1962 in New Plymouth) is former rugby union player from New Zealand. He attended Auckland Grammar school.

During his time with the All Blacks from 1985 to 1993, he wore the number 10 jersey (first five-eighth or fly-half), and was the main goalkicker for the All Blacks. He amassed 645 points from 46 All Black Test Matches (1 try, 118 conversions, 128 penalties, 7 drop goals). He is considered a true pioneer of the modern art of goal kicking, in particular the technicalities of leaning the ball forward, which has been adopted by world class kickers since; many believe he is one of the greatest first five eights in All Black history [http://stats.allblacks.com/Profile.asp?ABID=286] . Even though he was not a great runner with the ball in hand, he made-up for this with fantastic distribution skills reinforced by his long-term colleague John Kirwan's then-world-record career statistics playing outside him for Auckland and the All Blacks. His inability to score tries was often a joking point in the team - his caused not helped by an overruled attempt against Ireland in 1989 (due to a prior infringement by a teammate) [http://stats.allblacks.com/Profile.asp?ABID=286] .
The highlight of Fox's career was winning the inaugural Rugby World Cup with New Zealand in 1987; a victory based in part on his accurate kicking.

Fox remained an integral part of his Auckland club, involved at a coaching level and sharing in their success in the 1999 and 2002-2003 NPC seasons.Fox is now a commentator in the EA Sports rugby union series.

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