Luke Grant

Position:

Prop/Second rower

Height:

184cm

Weight:

101kg

Date Of Birth:

02 Feb 1985

Place Of Birth:

Canberra, ACT

Years Present:

2008

Son of former Rabbitohs prop and Raiders inaugural captain David Grant, Luke Grant join the South Sydney Football Club last year in a mid-season transfer from the Knights before being struck down by injury. Born in the nation's capital this tough and mobile prop/second rower is looking to put a succession of injuries behind him and 2008 shapes as the year that could be the making of a player who is yet to make his NRL debut.

First grade debut:

Yet to make first grade debut.

Rabbitohs debut:

Yet to make Rabbitohs debut.

What are your goals in football:

To play NRL.

What is the best advice anyone ever gave you:

Don’t think you are better than anyone else but don’t think that anyone else is better than you.

What was your first job:

Working in a mail room.

What are you reading at the moment:

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent.

Favourite CD:

Anything by Paolo Nutini.

Favourite TV show:

Prison Break

Favourite food:

Chicken dishes

What is your favourite place to go on holiday:

The Greek Islands.

If you were not a footballer what would you be doing:

In the fire brigade.

What makes you happy:

Having my friends and family around.

Earliest football memory:

Collided with another player and waking up on the sideline with an icepack on my broken nose. But it didn’t deter me.

Favourite football moment:

Becoming a full-time footballer with the Knights in 2004.

Most embarrassing football moment :

Slipping over in the defensive line when I was playing with the Knights and the opposition waltzing straight through the gap I left.

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