Career

Grauf, a talented halfback or five-eighth, started his first grade career in the Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 competition in 1986 for the Norths Devils

Norths Devils

The Northern Suburbs Devils, Norths for short, are a rugby league club representing the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. The team colours are sky blue, navy blue and gold. They play in the Queensland Wizard Cup, and, through their predecessors, are one of the oldest clubs in...

 when coach Greg Oliphant

Greg Oliphant

Greg Oliphant is an Australian former rugby league footballer, a state and national representative half back who made one Kangaroo tour.-Biography:...

 decided to give the then 18-year-old a shock call-up. Not only was he promoted to the top-grade, but he also became the BRL's youngest ever captain in the process. Grauf cemented his spot in first-grade for Norths and was instrumental in the club's much improved 1987 season which saw them reach the preliminary final. He was then signed by the Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos

The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...

 for their inaugural season, producing the bomb that led to Brisbane's first ever try (scored by Brett Le Man

Brett Le Man

-Career:While attending Cooparoo High School, Le Man played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1979.The curly-haired back-rower played in the Brisbane Rugby League for the Easts Tigers and Brisbane Brothers, winning a first-grade premiership with both clubs...

) in a premiership match against Manly in round one at Lang Park. After limited opportunities at the Broncos, Grauf went back to Norths where he starred in 1992, before moving on to the Souths Magpies where he also excelled. After an eight-year drought in first grade (NSWRL/ARL), he played for the Gold Coast

Gold Coast Chargers

Gold Coast were a professional Rugby league football club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from 1995 to 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership in 1998...

 in 1996, but only featured in 6 games, scoring 4 points.

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