Career
Symonds was a regular fixture of the Glenelg team of the 1980s, playing mostly as a wingman. Using the last pick of the 1986 VFL Draft, Hawthorn acquired his services for the 1987 VFL season where he played three games before returning to South Australia. He made his league debut in the opening round, with four disposals against Carlton.
At the Sydney Cricket Ground in round seven, he played his third and final game, kicking a goal and managing 10 disposals.
After leaving Hawthorn, Symonds continued his career at Glenelg and in 1995 was appointed senior coach, as a replacement for Mark Williams, who had joined Essendon as an assistant. Again in 1996, the club finished in seventh position and he lost his job to former team-mate Wayne Stringer.
