A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him.

The next season, he was a regular member of the first XV finding himself surrounded by many of the Welsh international forwards.

[3] In the 1891/92 season Hannon was part of the unbeaten Newport team.

Hannan was first capped for Wales against the touring New Zealand Māori team on 22 December 1888 and scored a try in the game.

In 1893 he was part of the Wales team that won their first Triple Crown under the captaincy of Arthur Gould.