Byrne was subsequently selected for Wellington and made his debut against Canterbury on August 18 where he scored a try and was part of the side that won the Ranfurly Shield.
On the tour's return leg Byrne played in the first ever trans-Tasman test which was the début match of the Australia national rugby league team.
In 1910 Byrne joined the North Sydney club in the NSWRL Premiership and later moved to Huddersfield for two seasons, as a forward.
[4] During the 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season Byrne played as a forward in Huddersfield's 8–2 loss against Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley Stadium on Saturday 3 December 1910.
[5] By 1913 Byrne had returned to New Zealand and was selected to be part of the tour of Australia, playing in his seventh and final test match.