 Played for Woolston Rovers before joining Warrington's Academy, he was a halfback as a junior and played in the 1993 Academy Cup Final victory, before switching to back row.Toured Australia with Great Britain Academy in 1994 but missed most of 1995's Super League I with a recurrent foot injury.He left the Warrington Wolves at the end of the 1999's Super League IV to join the Salford City Reds, his game developed at the Willows and he returned a more experienced and confident player in 2003's Super League VIII, playing the best rugby of his career as the club moved to the Halliwell Jones Stadium.