He attended Mount Albert Grammar School in Auckland where he captained their top side to 17 victories in 20 games during the 2013 season.

After finishing school, he took a short break to visit brother Cameron who was playing for Worcester Warriors in England at the time.

He played some rugby in England before returning to his homeland to turn out for Kawakawa in the local Northland club competition.

[4] Goodhue earned his first provincial cap for Northland in 2015 and appeared 7 times in total during what was a season to forget for the men from the far north as they finished bottom of the ITM Cup Championship standings with no wins in 10 games.

[6] In Round 4 of the 2021 Bunnings NPC Goodhue played his 50th game for the Taniwha against Manawatu in Palmerston North.