Her selection to the squad came during a period when the team was injecting a lot of youth players following the 2008 Summer Olympics.

[5] She took part in the 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League, which took place in Tucumán, Argentina.

Her professional career in journalism started around the time that she was added to the Australian field hockey squad.

[4][5] She moved from Canberra to Perth following the Commonwealth Games in order to further her field hockey career.

[7] She is also sponsored by Nike, and in early 2015, Flanagan became the first Australian hockey player to sign a sponsorship deal with global brand Red Bull.