Griffiths played in the outside backs for Runanga in the West Coast Rugby League competition.
[4] He was first selected for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1957 and attended the World Cup that year as an injury replacement for Neville Denton.
Griffiths went on to play in eleven test matches for the Kiwis between 1957 and 1963, including at the 1960 World Cup.
[4] In 1960 Griffiths was also involved in the West Coast side that won the Northern Union Cup from Auckland.
He is commemorated in a mural on the side of a Runanga dairy, alongside George Menzies and Bernie Green.