[3] He previously has served as a skills coach to the Queensland Reds in 2009 and to the South African Men's Springboks 7's from 2008 to 2011.
As a player, Stanton represented Lebanon in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup as well as in the national sevens team in 2006.
In 1993 he was selected as Fly half in the NSW ISA First XV Rugby team.
Stanton played junior representative Rugby League for Canterbury (u/17s), Balmain (u19s) and Easts (u/19s, u/21s, Reserve Grade).
Stanton recently served as Assistant Coach for the NZ Kiwi Ferns in the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.