After spending eleven years with Brisbane, which yielded four premierships, he left Australia to play for English club Wigan Warriors, where he spent two seasons before retiring.
In 1992, the Broncos claimed their first premiership, winning the Winfield Cup Grand Final against St. George 28–8, which was highlighted by a 98-metre try to Renouf in the second half.
Veteran Dragons winger Ricky Walford gave chase and made ground on him as Renouf tired over the final 20 metres, but failed to stop him from scoring.
Renouf made his début for Australia in front of an international rugby league record attendance of 73,631 fans,[6] scoring the only try of the match after running off a pass from Broncos teammate Kevin Walters in the second half.
In 1997, Renouf scored 14 tries, which included a hat-trick against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the 1997 Super League grand final on 20 September at ANZ Stadium in Brisbane's 26–8 victory.
Renouf played for the Wigan Warriors at centre their 2000 Super League Grand Final loss against St Helens R.F.C.
I would have liked to stay but they didn’t want to retain me"[9] Following his return to Australia he continued playing football for Easts in the Queensland Cup alongside former Broncos teammate Darren Smith, scoring a try in the 2004 grand final loss to Burleigh.
[10] During the 2007 season at the Broncos' 20-year anniversary celebration, the club announced a list of the 20 best players to play for them to date which included Renouf.
Renouf remembers that he "had been losing weight quite rapidly, [and] was always going to the toilet and though it was the start of pre-season, [he] had no energy, [he] couldn’t lift anything in the gym".
Entitled The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story, the book details his career as a professional rugby league footballer, but it also covers his early life, including his family heritage and his childhood in the Queensland town of Murgon.