 He kicked seven goals in the match.In 1967 McKean joined the Eastern Suburbs club, playing over 100 matches for Eastern Suburbs over the next 7 years and making one representative appearance for Australia on 4 July 1970, in which he received a knee in the back from Malcolm "Mal" Reilly.For the 1972 season, he was the NSW Rugby Football League's top point scorer when he scored 220 points, helping the Roosters into the Grand Final where they went down 14-19 to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.