[1] A scrum-half like his father, Catchpole received limited representative honours for Queensland, with Peter Slattery establishing himself in that position.
[2] He did however gain a Wallabies call up in 1993, for a tour of North America and France, preferred over Brett Johnstone as the understudy to Slattery.
[3] Debuting against Canada "B" in Calgary, Catchpole was subsequently restricted to the bench for the Test fixtures and finished with five uncapped appearances.
[1] Catchpole had a strong debut season with the Warringah Rats in 1994, winning the Shute Shield's best fairest player award, which is now named after his father.
[1] In 2009, Catchpole received a five-month minimum prison sentence for drug and gun offenses, stemming from a raid on his property the previous year in connection to the case involving Olympic swimmer Scott Miller.