After playing lower grades for Canterbury, Faux made his first-grade debut for Newtown in round 6 of the
1977 NSWRFL season against
Cronulla at the
Sydney Cricket Ground. Faux played a total of five games for Newtown in his only season there as they finished with the
Wooden Spoon. In 1979, Faux returned to Canterbury and played two seasons in first grade for the club. In 1982, he joined the newly admitted Illawarra side and played 14 games for them in their inaugural season. ==References==