 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - McCowan akatanga kusarudzwa mumiriri weQueensland muna 1893 uye akaita kuoneka 24 nokuda kwenyika yake kusvikira muna 1900. Akatungamira divi reQueensland mumutambo wavo wekushanya vachipesana neBritish Lions yekutanga yaMatthew Mullineux kushanyira Australiamuna 1899 kukunda kunoshamisa kwe11 ku3. Akatungamira Queensland pane dzimwe nguva nhanhatu uye akaita zviratidzo zvinopesana nekufamba kweNew Zealand zvikamu muna 1893, 1896 uye 1897. New Zealand mbiri-yepasi rose George Smith akauya kuzopesana naMcCowan pane yekupedzisira yekushanya uku uye yakashumwa mu The Cynic kuti yakati Dai yanga isiri yekutamba kwakanaka kwaMcCowan tingadai takaisa zvibodzwa zvakakura kwazvo kupfuura zvatakaita. Iye ndiye mudziviriri wetsoka akanakisisa atakaona pano - anorova netsoka mbiri uye anobata zvakasimba zvikuru - ndinozviziva. 