Coaching Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Russell Lance Fairfax
- Born
- Saturday, 29th March, 1952
- Current Age
- 72 years and 175 days
- Place Of Birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1974, 1975
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1974, 1975
- Preseason Cup
- 1974, 1977, 1979
- Midweek Cup
- 1975, 1978, 1981
- World Club Challenge
- 1976
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 % | |||||||||
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) | 2 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 30.56% | List | |||||||
Midweek Cup | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||||||
Challenge Cup AU | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||||||
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NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1989 Winfield Cup | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 40.91% | List | |||||||
Eastern Suburbs | NSWRL 1990 Winfield Cup | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 14.29% | List | |||||||
NSWRL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | Games | W | L | D | Win % | ||||||||
Eastern Suburbs | 1989-90 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 30.56% | List |
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Andrew Ferguson, Paul Carter, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Tony McCarron, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
13/11/2021
Russell played flegg for Souths in 1969 same year I played sgball.Graham roberts.
28/03/2022
Russell turns 70 tomorrow, not 71.
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