He has played at representative level for Queensland in State of Origin, winning the Wally Lewis Medal in 2022.

[8] Carrigan is eligible to play for the Ireland national rugby league team via the heritage rule.

Carrigan made 19 appearances for Brisbane captaining in 12 of those games in the 2020 NRL season as the club finished last on the table and claimed the wooden spoon for the first time in their history.

Following Brisbane's shock loss against the Wests Tigers in round 20 of the 2022 NRL season, Carrigan was referred straight to the NRL judiciary after he performed a hip drop tackle on Wests Tigers Jackson Hastings which ended the players season.

It was alleged Reynolds had told Carrigan who was intoxicated to get a taxi and go home which started the fight.

The Brisbane club then released a statement which read "The Broncos are looking into an incident involving some of its playing group in Brisbane City last night, The club was made aware of the incident last night and has been speaking to players across the course of the day to clarify details of what occurred.The NRL Integrity Unit has been informed of the matter.

"[20] Carrigan played 22 games for Brisbane in the 2024 NRL season which saw the club miss the finals finishing 12th on the table.