Career
A state and national representative five-eighth from Nowra in country New South Wales, Branson came to Sydney in 1968 to join the Street George Dragons in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. He was selected at five-eighth in all three matches of the 1967 interstate series for New South Wales against Queensland and then made the 1967-1968 Kangaroo Tour where he played in five Tests matches for Australia against Great Britain and France. Branson is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo Number.416.
Branson made further representative appearances for New South Wales and represented Australia in two fixtures in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup where he was vying for selection at five-eighth against Bob Fulton who was at the very beginning of his representative career.
In 1971 Branson made his final representative appearance for Australia in a one-off Test match against New Zealand. Following the tour Branson was signed to the Street George Dragons to replace their stalwart star pivot Brian Clay whose career ended in 1967.
Branson played six seasons in the top grade with the Dragons including the 1971 Grand Final loss to South Sydney. He played a further two seasons at Street George and retired in 1973.
