 In 1949 Pidding moved to the wing and he played in that position in the Dragons' 1949 premiership victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, scoring two tries.The move to wing revitalised his representative career.He was selected in the 1950 City-Country match scoring an individual record 27 points (1 try and 21 goals) and regained Australian selection in that year's series against New Zealand.