At club level he played with Silvermines and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Grace first came to prominence at juvenile and underage levels with the Silvermines club in Dolla.
[1] He was just 17-years-old when he lined out with the club's senior team that won the North Tipperary Championship title in 1974.
[2] Grace's performances for the club brought him to the attention of the Tipperary minor team selectors.
After two years in that grade he preogressed onto the under-21 team and won a Munster Under-21 Championship title in 1978.