Trindall was part of the Under 19s Penrith Super League premiership winning team in 1997 before having lower grade stints at Parramatta and South Sydney.

He then left South Sydney and began playing for the Windsor club in the Jim Beam Cup.

Trindall made his first grade debut for Penrith in round 19 of the 2007 NRL season against North Queensland, kicking a field goal in the clubs 17-16 victory.

[2] In 2006, The National Rugby League's Anti-Doping tribunal imposed a 12-week suspended sentence on Craig Trindall for cannabis use.

[3][4] In 2007, Craig Trindall was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm after allegedly bashing a woman in the face with a children's blackboard.