At the age of twenty-three, MacDougall was selected to represent
New South Wales against
Queensland. The following year he played in his first
test match against against a back drop of
anti-apartheid demonstrations. On this occasion he marked the
Springbok captain
Hannes Marais. He toured England in 1973–74 and played three tests against in 1974. He played his three final tests against England, two at home in 1975 and once on the
1975-76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland. His brother
Graeme was also an
Australian rugby union representative player whose club career was played at
St George. ==References==