[6] In the 1913 season he began playing senior rugby for United and in 2 games for them in June he scored a try in each match against Paengaroa and Rangiuru respectively.

I went to an open air concert behind the firing lines, and I can tell you there were some good turns, only every now and then the bag of a French battery would upset the programme".

[18] In April 1917 Gardiner's father received word from the Minister of Defence once again however this time it was regarding an award he had won.

He then scored his first try of the tour crossing the line to give them a 17–6 lead in an eventual 25–6 win over Hawke's Bay in Napier.

[34] The Kusabs Cup final was played on the Arawa Park racecourse ground in Rotorua in front of a large crowd.

[39] Gardiner was then selected to make his debut for the Bay of Plenty team in their match against Auckland on 27 September in the "supports" position.

[40] The match was played at Eden Park and saw Bay of Plenty upset the local side by 25 to 16 with Gardiner kicking a conversion.

[46][47] Gardiner shone for Te Puke in the ‘rover’ position, and scored all of their points in a 13–12 win with 2 tries, 2 conversions, and a penalty.

[54][55] His try came about after he "secured the ball forty yards out and running at top speed outpaced the Auckland backs and scored the best try of the day, grounding between the posts".

In April Jim Rukutai had sent George Iles, based in Tauranga a letter telling him that he wished to establish the league code in the area.

[83] Fortunately for Gardiner moves were underway in the Bay of Plenty to establish the league game there thanks largely to the efforts of former New Zealand player George Iles.

[84] The match was the first rugby league game ever played in Tauranga and saw the visiting side win 29–28 with Gardiner scoring a try under the posts after a breakaway.

Unfortunately for Gardiner the league game did not become established in the Bay of Plenty area and the 1923 season saw him playing no football whatsoever.

[92] There was then mention of him possibly being included in the pack for the Marist Old Boys side against Richmond Rovers, and he did indeed make his debut in this match on 31 May.

He was having financial issues, declaring bankruptcy and blaming Marist for not meeting promises they made that led to him coming to Auckland.

When in Hawaii the team held canoe races with a crew led by Gardiner comprising himself, Stan Webb, Frank Delgrosso, Alphonsus Carroll winning.

[109] A crowd of 16,000 had been on hand to watch the match at Dewsbury's Crown Flatt stadium ground with Gardiner leading the haka.

The second came after Gardiner made a strong fending run down the touch line and eventually received the ball back from Davidson to score again.

He received the ball "on the touch line at halfway, raced down at top speed, brushing all opposition and scoring a magnificent try".

[134] Four days later a hearing was held into Gardiner's earlier sending off and he was suspended by the English Rugby League for three matches.

He was part of the team which comfortably won the championship and then defeated Richmond Rovers 15–7 to win the Roope Rooster with Gardiner scoring a try.

[150] He was then drawn back into the Ponsonby side to play their Roope Rooster semi-final with Richmond Rovers which saw them win 28-20 after extra-time.

[152] His final ever appearances for Ponsonby came at the end of the 1932 when he was pulled into the side again for their Roope Rooster round 1 match with Newton Rangers which they won 36 to 10 with Gardiner scoring 2 tries.

Brown, the amateur heavyweight of Wellington in a three-minute round fight which resulted in a draw at the Auckland Town Hall.

In a February 27 bout with Tom Lurich of Poland he lost by two falls to one in five rounds of wrestling at Leichhardt Stadium.

[158] In July he fought “Nugget” Potaka in Queensland and it was described as featuring “such and amount of horseplay, frivolity and synthetic roughness that the police stopped the bout”.

[160] Then he fought Leon Labriola in Perth on November 26 in an “all-in wrestling match at the stadium after the latter had refused to shake hands.

[166] Then in late June he fought King (Kingsley) Elliot of Auckland (though he had been living in the USA) in an exhibition described as “fast, open, and scientific” at the City Hall in Hobart.

[169] George Gardiner was buried in the Knightsbridge War Cemetery in Acroma, 30 km (19 mi) west of Tobruk in Libya.

[171] On 10 April 2016 the Australian War Memorial held a ceremony to commemorate Lieutenant George Gardiner's life and service.