 He won the Raiders 1986 player of the year award and was also selected for the season-ending 1986 Kangaroo tour.However, as the understudy to incumbent fullback Garry Jack, he played no test matches on the tour, though he did play in ten matches on the tour scoring 6 tries.Early in the tour Belcher often joined the Channel 10 commentary team for games in which he did not play.