Born in Sydney while his father, Laurie, was playing for Eastern Suburbs, Spina grew up in Ingham, Queensland and played his junior football for the Herbert River Crushers before being signed by the North Queensland Cowboys.
[4] In 2014, Spina was again selected for the Queensland Residents,[5] but had to withdraw due to being called up for his NRL debut.
[9] On 5 May, Spina was named on the interchange bench in QRL journalist Tony Webeck's Queensland Residents team of the past 10 years.
[11] Spina played eight games for North Queensland in 2017, scoring two tries, before suffering a season-ending bicep injury.
[12] After not having his contract renewed by North Queensland, Spina joined the Herbert River Crushers in the Townsville & District Rugby League A Grade competition.