The son of former player Robert Finch, he played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998 while attending Erindale College.
He later finished 11th and 12th grade under the talented sports program at Erindale College in Canberra.
A student at Erindale College, Payten had played just 2 reserve grade games when made his first grade debut with Canberra in the 1996 ARL season.
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Evacuation centres were set up at four schools – Canberra College, Ginninderra College, Erindale College and Narrabundah College.
Ben Rauter is a former student of Erindale College in Wanniassa, and is now a Police Constable in Townsville, Queensland.