Jack Grant (rugby union)

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Jack Grant
Date of birth (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Beverley, East Yorkshire, England
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Waratahs
Youth career
Orange City Lions [1]
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2014; 2016 Norths ()
2015– Easts ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017 Sydney Rays 5 (0)
2018–2019 NSW Country Eagles 9 (20)
2020 NTT Red Hurricanes 1 (0)
2021–2022 Waratahs 29 (15)
2023 Ealing Trailfinders 4 (15)
2024- Waratahs 8 (5)
Correct as of 13 January 2025

Jack Grant (born 24 January 1994) [2] is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Waratahs in the Super Rugby. His playing position is scrum-half. He was named in the Waratahs squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. [3] [4] He previously represented the Sydney Rays in the 2017 National Rugby Championship, the NSW Country Eagles in the 2018 and 2019 National Rugby Championships and NTT Red Hurricanes in the 2019–20 Top League in Japan. [5]

Grant was born in the town of Beverley in England's northeastern county of East Yorkshire. [1] He attended St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst and began playing semi-professional club rugby with Norths in Sydney's Shute Shield. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shute Shield Winning Quartet Recommit To Waratahs". waratahs.rugby. New South Wales Rugby Union. 5 September 2024.
  2. "Jack Grant". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. "NSW Waratahs confirm full roster ahead of Super Rugby AU" (Press release). NSW Waratahs. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. "Grant joins Waratahs for 2021 Super Rugby season" (Press release). NSW Waratahs. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. "Sydney Rays 2017 NRC Squad & Season Preview". Rugby News. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2021.