Russell Fairfax

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Russell Lance Fairfax
Born
Saturday, 29th March, 1952
Current Age
71 years and 356 days
Place Of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

The ‘golden-haired boy’ of Australian RU in the early 1970s played in 8 Tests against France (1971-72), NZ (1972), Fiji (1972) and Wales and England on the 1973-74 Wallaby Tour before changing codes in 1974. A Souths junior the 21-year old signed with Easts and was an immediate sensation - a talented, intelligent player gifted with a great kick and swerve. Fairfax played for NSW against Great Britain in 1974 and Test honours looked a formality after Easts' grand final victory that year. A shocking leg break suffered in a mid-week Amco Cup match in 1975, however, proved a major setback in his career. Fairfax recovered but never quite seemed able to recapture the magic of that first season. In the final of the 1977 Amco Cup against Wests he scored a miraculous try after a great kick and chase but failed to kick the goal and the Magpies held on to win by a point. When his career faded Fairfax played a season with Souths before becoming a lower grade coach with the club. In 1990 he returned to Easts as first grade coach but the move was not a success and he was sacked toward the end of the year. He has since taken on a career as a sports reporter with FoxSports.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 36 11 23 2 30.56% List
National Panasonic Cup 1 0 1 0 0.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1989 22 9 12 1 40.91% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRL 1990 14 2 11 1 14.29% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs 1989-90 36 11 23 2 30.56% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    13/11/2021

    Russell played flegg for Souths in 1969 same year I played sgball.Graham roberts.

  • Anonymous
    28/03/2022

    Russell turns 70 tomorrow, not 71.

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