A goalkicking fullback, Collicoat finished his international career with 70 points from 35 goals in sixteen test matches.
[3] He led the team to the Wellington Rugby League grand final in his first year, however they lost to Randwick.
He spent two seasons at Porirua before moving to the Upper Hutt Tigers where he won a premiership in 1979.
He also played in twenty four matches for Wellington, scoring 190 points, and in three games for Central Districts.
[5] In 2012 he was named in the Wellington Rugby League's Team of the Century.