Rugby Union Career
He was graded with the Gordon Rugby Union Club and first represented for the Wallabies in tour matches against the Springboks in 1956. He toured the British Isles on 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, making his full debut in the first Test of the tour against Wales at Cardiff. He played in four Tests of the tour only missing the France Test. During the 1958 seasons he made four Test appearances against firstly the New Zealand Māori rugby union team and then three times against the All Blacks on the Wallaby tour of New Zealand. He made two further test appearances against the visiting British Lions in Sydney in 1959, concluding his rugby union career with ten total Wallaby Test caps.
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