 Coach Jack Gibson placed Hastings into first grade in 1976 when he was 19.He went on to have a distinguished career with Easts that lasted 12 seasons and he played in the 1980 grand final against Canterbury-Bankstown.He held the distinct honour of being the first player to appear in 200 first grade games for the club and held the record for the number of first grade games for Easts at 228 until broken by Luke Ricketson in 2002.