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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 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[who?] he is one of the greatest first five eights in All Black history. 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 world record career statistics playing outside him for Auckland and the All Blacks. 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 is now a commentator in the EA Sports rugby union series.
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