He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC, as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Oldham and Wigan, as a second-row or loose forward.
[1][3] Reg Hathway's birth was registered Newport district, Wales.
Reg Hathway won caps for Wales while at Oldham 1932 2-caps.
[1] Reg Hathway played at second-row in Wigan's 15–3 victory over Salford in the Championship Final during the 1933–34 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934.
[4] Reg Hathway played in Newport RFC's 3-20 defeat by New South Wales Waratahs during the 1927–28 Waratahs tour of the British Isles, France and Canada at Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales on Thursday 22 September 1927.