Symmons was picked up by West Coast with pick eight in the 1992 American Federation of Labor-Congress Draft, which they had received after trading Dean Laidley to North Melbourne. In the same year, a premiership season for West Coast, Symmons made four appearances. He played his fifth final in 1998 but he was struggling for form and at the end of the 2000 season got delisted.
He played initially at West Perth and in 1994 won a Simpson Medal when he represented Western Australia in an interstate match against South Australia. After being plagued by a shoulder problem in 1996, Symmons finished third in West Coast"s Club Champion award the following season and polled three Brownlow Medal votes in successive games early in the year.
A flanker, Symmons continued his career at East Perth and was a member of their 2001 and 2002 premiership teams.
