He was member of the 1997 premiership winning side and bowed out of the club on a high having announced during the 1997 season, his intention to join the North Sydney Bears.
His two seasons at Norths were plagued with ankle and knee injuries and his cause was not helped when he clashed with coach Peter Louis after being fined for misbehaviour after a pre-season match in Wagga in early 1999.
He was a major signing of the merged Northern Eagles in 2000 and made a return to State of Origin honors following good club form that year.
After two seasons in which the Northern Eagles merger was wracked by internal strife and poor team performances, he signed on to captain the South Sydney Rabbitohs on their return to the NRL in 2002.
He was a late withdrawal from the second Test line-up because of illness, but was selected in Australia's World Cup squad at the end of year.