Rory Fallon

Club career

Born in Gisborne, Fallon started his career at Barnsley, becoming a professional in 1999 after moving up through their trainee programme. He had just begun to cement his place in the first-team when he suffered a stress fracture of his foot, which saw him struggle to regain his place. Fallon was signed for an undisclosed fee by Swindon Town in November 2003 after a number of impressive performances against them with Barnsley, which caught the eye of manager Andy King. After breaking into the team he scored a number of important goals in the 2003–04 campaign; including an overhead kick from the edge of the box to secure a point against Bristol City. Despite the departure of Tommy Mooney, Fallon found himself regularly on the bench in the 2004–05 season. He was loaned out to Yeovil Town to increase his confidence and he scored on his debut against Scunthorpe United. He failed to score in the remainder of the season, but a red card for kicking Huddersfield Town defender David Mirfin in the face meant he missed the opening two games of the following season. After Sam Parkin was sold in summer 2005, Fallon was given greater opportunities to play at Swindon, scoring on his return to action against Nottingham Forest. He signed for League One team Swansea City in January 2006 for a fee believed to be £300,000, the second highest fee ever paid by the Welsh club. A productive year followed for the striker, scoring 13 goals in all competitions from 48 appearances.…

After retiring, Fallon worked with Plymouth Argyle's under-14 players. In mid-October 2019, Fallon was appointed assistant manager for the New Zealand national football team under manager Danny Hay. In November 2021, Fallon was appointed head of youth development at Wellington Phoenix, also coaching the under-19s team before becoming manager Waterside Karori of the Central League in December 2023. In January 2024, Waterside Karori announced that they had ended Fallon's contract by way of mutual consent before the season started. In February 2024, Upper Hutt City announced Fallon as their head coach for the 2024 season. On 29 January 2026, Fallon was announced as head coach of the Auckland FC Reserves, replacing Luke Casserly, who took up the role of head coach of the club’s new Auckland FC (OFC) squad.

Club

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International goals

New Zealand score listed first, score column indicates score after each Fallon goal.

New Zealand

OFC Nations Cup: 2016; third place: 2012 Individual

IFFHS Oceania Men's Team of All Time: 2021