During the 1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season Byrne played as a forward, i.e. number 11, in Huddersfield's 8–2 loss against Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley Stadium on Saturday 3 December 1910.Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books.
