It would be another six years before he was selected for representative honours.
He was selected for the 1988 World Cup, and only a broken thumb kept him out of representative honours in 1989.
Numerous players have gone on to gain representative and international honours.
He won representative honours for England at schoolboy and youth level.
He gained several representative honours, making four appearances for England.
In its short history the club has already produced a number of players that have received representative honours or earned academy contracts with professional clubs.
He also won representative honours whilst with the Forces.
This made him the first Bronco to earn international representative honours.
Many players have gained representative honours at state, national and Olympic level.
The 90's saw quite a number of players achieving representative honours.