[5] He was a Schoolboy Kiwi in 1971 before later representing New Zealand in four non-Test matches on the 1982 tour of Australia and playing for Workington Town in 1982–83.
[10] In 1996, he was appointed head coach of the Canterbury Rugby League representative side, facing irregular provincial competition.
[12] Instead he was appointed Assistant Coach and a co-selector, working under Freeman, and in 2003 he was in charge of the New Zealand 'A' tour of Great Britain.
[16] Instead, at the end of the New Zealand 'A' tour, he was offered the opportunity to stay in England and coach his old club, Workington Town.
[18] In late 2008, he travelled to Serbia and helped the national side prepare for the RLEF Euro Med Challenge.
[19] This move quickly proved beneficial to his club side as Whitehaven signed young Serbian national Soni Radovanović in January 2009.