The 31-year-old is hugely experienced having played for nine English clubs before heading north to Aberdeen and St. Johnstone in the Scottish Premier League.
He’s best known for his exploits with the All Whites where his goal in the return leg of the intercontinental play-off against Bahrain in Wellington saw New Zealand qualify for the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010.
Fallon says he’s delighted to be at the club and hopes to make his debut against Tranmere this week.
“It would be great to hopefully get on the bench and see what happens. Hopefully we’ll get a win, and I’m just really looking forward to the rest of the season,” Fallon says.
“I feel like my qualities in the air as well as the floor are both strong assests so if it’s a horrible game I can play ugly, but I can also play nice if the pitch is nice.
“Hopefully I can bring some goals to the club and create an impact coming into the end of the season.”
Crawley manager John Gregory is pleased to have someone of Fallon’s experience joining the team and is confident that will translate on the pitch.
“Rory hasn’t had too many opportunities in Scotland so he is really looking forward to a new challenge,” he says.
“He’s very experienced, knows the league inside out and can score goals. We’re delighted he is with us for what is going to be a very busy end to the season.”
With 21 games remaining in the season Fallon believes there are still plenty of opportunities for him to make his mark, and potentially secure a longer stay.
“I’m looking to play games and get time on the clock and hopefully that’ll get me back in the New Zealand team as well,” he says.
“Obviously I didn’t have a club when the selection was made for Japan, but I’ve played recently against Mexico and scored against Mexico so this gives me a great opportunity to get back in there.
“I’ve still got dreams of playing another World Cup so we’ll see what happens.”

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