A halfback, Lisle was a member of Easts' premiership winning sides of the 1940 NSWRFL season. He was the 1941 NSWRFL season's top try scorer with 13 tries and played in the Easts side that finished runner up that year.[3] In 1942, Lisle was a City Firsts Representative. The second world war interrupted his playing career. Lisle enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942, as a gunner. He was discharged in April 1945 and he resumed his playing career at Eastern Suburbs.[4] He played in the Easts team that worth 1945 NSWRFL season's premiership. In 1946 Lisle represented NSW in the interstate series against Queensland. He was selected at Half back in the New South Wales team to play Great Britain on 1 June 1946.[5]