Career
Originally from Heywood, Perkins is a defender and played for the North Ballarat Rebels in the TAC Cup. In 2002 and 2003, Perkins played for the North Ballarat Football Club in the Victorian Football League, before university study took him to Western Australia in 2004. He made 20 appearances for Perth in the 2004 WAFL season and was picked up by the Kangaroos in the rookie draft.
He played four senior American Federation of Labor-Congress games in 2005, but none in the 2006 season, after which he was delisted.