Career
Born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Griffiths started his youth career with Australian club ECU Joondalup before moving to England to play for Blackburn Rovers where he never made a senior appearance but during the time he spent at Blackburn he joined Gretna on loan in January 2008. where he made his debut for the side against Heart of Midlothian in February. He signed a one-year deal with Blackburn in January 2008 and was sent on loan to Accrington Stanley for the remainder of his contract. On 3 February 2009 he was signed as an injury replacement player by A-League club Adelaide United.
With the initial agreement only covering a four-week stint, there is an option to extend that to a two-year contract.
However, it is a permanent deal, and not a loan. On 2 July 2009, it was announced that Griffiths would join A-League club North Queensland Fury !North Queensland Fury for their inaugural season.
On 8 August 2009 he started in Fury"s first A-league match and scored the Fury"s first ever goal in a competitive match against Sydney Football Club. On 29 February 2012 it was announced that he had signed for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou for a fee that was undisclosed at the time, but later revealed to be $1.3 million, a record sum for an Australian transfer. On 23 January 2014 it was announced that Griffiths returned to the A-League, signing with Perth Glory.
On 4 December 2014, Rostyn Griffiths scored his first goal of the 2014/15 season against Sydney Football Club in the 84th minute before Andy Keogh scored in the 86th minute to earn a late 2-1 comeback.
Griffiths has played for Australia"s National under 17 team, and scored a brace on his debut against Tonga.