Born on the Gold Coast, Queensland,[1] Ross played his junior rugby league for the Burleigh Bears and Coogee Randwick Wombats.

[19] In 2013, he signed with the Western Suburbs Rosellas, before leaving without playing a match to do a pre-season with the Knights' first-grade squad.

[7][21] On 21 September 2014, he was named at fullback in the 2014 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year,[22] after scoring 17 tries in 16 games that season.

[36] In the 2018 season, Ross made 15 appearances and scored 2 tries as Newcastle avoided the wooden spoon for the first time in his career, but failed to reach the finals.

[39] He had also suffered from a persistent groin injury and a compound dislocation to his finger during pre-season, threatening to derail his season before it had started.