[2] Wilson as a youngster played in the South Sydney Juniors competition for Coogee Randwick Wombats.
While at South Sydney High School in 1986, Wilson was selected to play for the Australian Schoolboys team.
[3] Wilson made his first grade début in Round 8 of the 1988 season against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval, 25 April, coming off the bench in the second half.
It later transpired that he was used as an illegal replacement and South Sydney were ultimately stripped of the two competition points they earned that afternoon.
Wilson was selected to represent New South Wales as an interchange for game III of the 1997 Super League Tri-series against New Zealand.