[2] Robinson was a late bloomer and performed well for Gold Coast over several seasons and developed a reputation as an elite T20 player at club level before making his First-class debut for Queensland at the age of 29 in December 2010.
[7] He signed for the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural 2011/12 season of the Big Bash League and he played in all seven games for the club.
[10] Robinson was not selected in the Queensland First-class side after 2012, despite scoring 1509 runs at an average of 100.6 in first-grade cricket for Gold Coast between 2012 and 2014.
[15] He considered retiring after the 2014/15 season due to feeling his State career was over, but decided to carry on to assist younger Gold Coast players.
[16] He continued playing in lower grades after his first-grade retirement and as of December 2020 he was both captain and coach of the Gold Coast second-grade team.