[3] A forward with the Newtown Rugby Union club in Sydney, McCue was selected on the first Wallaby tour of England in 1908–1909, the squad captained by Herbert Moran.

That side competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, and McCue was a member of the Australia national rugby union team captained by Chris McKivat, which won the gold medal.

[4] Along with fourteen of his Olympic Wallaby teammates, on his return to Australia, he negotiated to take part in promotional matches against the Pioneer Kangaroos.

He helped the club win premiership honours that year, playing at second-row forward in the 1910 NSWRFL season's final.

In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, McCue was named in the Newtown Jets 18-man team of the century.