[4] Adrian Cambriani was born in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales.
Cambriani started his career as a rugby union player with Swansea RFC.
In 1980, at the age of 18, he switched to rugby league, joining the newly formed Fulham for a signing-on fee of £16,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £90,210 in 2015).
[5][1] He made his début in Fulham's first league game, and became the club's first try scorer with two tries in a 24–5 victory over Wigan.
[6] Cambriani won caps for Wales (RL) while at Fulham in 1981 3-caps.