He previously played at hooker for NSW, Melbourne Rebels and for the Brumbies in Super Rugby.
The Māori All Blacks, and the Canberra Vikings and Perth Spirit,[2] and also played for Northland and Auckland in the ITM Cup.
[3][4] Robbie Abel was selected for the Australia 'A' Schools team in 2007,[5] after moving to St Edmund's College, Canberra from Griffith NSW in 2006.
Abel took a two-year hiatus from rugby from 2010 till the end of 2012 to undertake a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Western Australia.
Upon completion of his duties he linked up with Northland Rugby Union and theBrumbies from 2012 till the end of 2013 spending 2 years playing between Canberra and Whangarei for the Brumbies Runners and theNorthland Taniwha in New Zealand's ITM Cup.