Grant Batty
| Date of birth | 31 August 1951 | ||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1970 - 1975 1976 - 1977 |
Wellington Bay of Plenty |
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1972–1977 |
 New Zealand
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Grant Bernard Batty (born 31 August 1951 in Greytown, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer. A diminutive but effective wing for the All Blacks, Batty played domestically for Wellington and Bay of Plenty. After retiring, he coached Yamaha Jubilo, a team in Japan's Top League. Batty won the New Zealand Superstars competition three years running, 1977–1979.
Chris Laidlaw likened Batty to Robert Muldoon, 'small, stunted and radiating a single message to all around him: "Don't mess with me or I'll punch your lights out."' (Rights of passage : beyond the New Zealand identity crisis : Laidlaw, Chris, Auckland, N.Z. : Hodder Moa Beckett, 1999. p.101.)
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