Garrick Fay began his international rugby career with the
Australian Wallabies in 1971 with his first game against the
South African Springboks. He was invited to play in a number of teams including the
Scottish Rugby Union Centenary in 1973, and the Irish Rugby Union Centenary in 1974. He was selected as captain of the
Rugby World XV side in the centenary celebrations for
Cardiff Rugby Club in 1977 and was selected in a world XV to play in South Africa in 1978.
Australia Garrick's first cap for
Australia was on 31 July 1971 at the
Brisbane Exhibition Ground against South Africa during their controversial
tour of Australia. Due to the more experienced second row of the South African side, Fay was dropped for subsequent games and rejoined the squad for the
Wallabies tour of New Zealand and Fiji in 1972. Fay's golden years, as with many other players competing for the Wallabies around this time, was during
The Sixth Wallaby tour in 1975-76. Garrick played 17 tour matches, and 4 out of the 5 major test matches. He sustained an injury while playing against
Wales and was rested during 1976. This meant missing out on two Fiji Tests and the end of season tour against
France but returned for the home series against
Wales. Performing solidly meant Fay received an invitation to the
1978 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand where he played in 10 tour matches and scored 3 tries. This made his last game for the Wallabies against
Ireland at Brisbane on 3 June 1979 where they lost 12–27. == Amateur clubs ==