Nicknamed Ryano, this right-arm medium bowler played with the Southern Redbacks from 2001/02 to 2007/08. Former Redbacks teammate Darren Lehmann is his Chargers coach. Having been selected for the Australian Twenty-20 team in early 2009, he was directly signed as an "uncapped" player by the Deccan Chargers, at the behest of Lehmann, without having to go through the standard IPL player auction process.