Peter Horton played for the Waratahs Club in the New-castle Rugby Union Competition from 1970 to 1974, and in 1971 was a member of the Waratah’s undefeated first grade premiership side.
Horton’s play in the hooking pos-ition always feat-ured great desire, commitment, fitness, aggression and flair.
During his time with the Waratahs, Horton represented Newcastle, NSW Country, NSW and Australia – playing in three tests against the All Blacks in 1974, and in so doing, became the Waratahs fifth interna-tional.
In 1975, Horton took up a teaching appoint-ment in Armidale and played for the Armidale City Club from where after representing the New England Region, he again represented NSW Country, NSW and Australia.
He later moved onto Brisbane and played for the Brisbane Teachers Club and represented Queensland and Australia (again) – eventually playing a total of 21 test matches.
After completing a PhD, Peter, having retired from rugby in 1980, started a new career as a lecturer at Townsville University in the School of Education.