[3] He had his first call up to the national team in October 2011 in a game against India at the Bunbury Hockey Stadium.
He scored a goal in his debut in the 57th minute, a game Australia won 5–0.
While this squad is not in the top twenty-eight and separate from the Olympic training coach, the Australian coach Ric Charlesworth did not rule out selecting from only the training squad, with players from the Olympic development having a chance at possibly being called up to represent Australia at the Olympics.
He trained with the team from 18 January to mid-March in Perth, Western Australia.
The team reached the final for the first time since 2004 but couldn't achieve gold, beaten by Belgium in a shootout.