James Grant (born 22 May 1964) is an Australian

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er who played international

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and played

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professionally in England and Australia.

Early years

Grant attended Canowindra Central School and

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in Bathurst where he made the school's First XV.Sporting Hall of Fame
''orange.nsw.gov.au''

Playing career

He joined the Orange City

club in 1983. He represented New South Wales Country before moving to Kiama in 1984 for two seasons where he represented Illawarra, NSW County and New South Wales. He returned to Orange in 1986 and played for NSW. In 1987 he played for the Gordon club in Sydney. He again returned to Orange in 1988 and made both the NSW and Australian sides. Grant switched to

in 1989, joining the

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in the

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. He was part of the Tigers side that played in the grand final that season and stayed with the club until 1992. He had found it difficult to maintain his first grade place with the Tigers and moved to

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for the 1992/93 season.

References

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