Grant Fox

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Grant Fox
Full name	Grant James Fox
Date of birth	June 16, 1962 (age 44)
Place of birth	New Plymouth, New Zealand
Height	1.75 m
Weight	72 kg
Rugby union career
Position	First Five-Eighth (retired)
Provincial/State sides		Caps	(points)
1982-1993	Auckland	189	(2746)
correct as of 16 September 2006.
National team(s)
1985-1993	New Zealand	46	(645)
correct as of 19 Sept 2006.
Teams coached
1999-2003	Auckland Blues
correct as of .

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 of fly-half), and was the main goal kicker for the All Blacks. 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 all world class kickers since. Although 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 world record career statistics playing outside him for Auckland and the All Blacks. The highlight of his career was the win in the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 , won partly due to his accurate kicking.