[6] Hipkiss made his England debut on 4 August 2007 in a 62–5 win against Wales at Twickenham in a warm up test for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
[7] He was named in England's 2007 Rugby World Cup squad and played in group stage matches against Samoa and Tonga.
Hipkiss was a substitute for the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final against South Africa and replaced Jason Robinson in the second half as England lost 15–6.
Returning from the World Cup Hipkiss played regularly for Leicester but missed January with a groin injury and subsequently was left out of the England Squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.
Tigers went one point behind four minutes from time, and Hipkiss wriggled through an attempted tackle from the retiring Glen Jackson to score the winning try, to leave the game at 33–27.
[14] After retiring from rugby Hipkiss worked in a professional kitchen as a chef before training to become a project manager in the building trade.