In 1970–71, Rathie toured France with the Australian rugby team but wasn't capped. An inside centre, he made his
Test debut in a draw at the
Sydney Cricket Ground on 17 June 1972, when Australia met
France again, this time on home soil. His partner in the centre,
Dave Burnet, was also making his debut. A week later, Rathie was capped again in another close encounter, this time at
Ballymore Stadium at his home city Brisbane which the Wallabies lost by a point. An
articled clerk by profession, Rathie moved to Sydney to work but was also capped three times for the
New South Wales Waratahs in 1978. ==Cricket career==