[1] The midfielder provides support at centre and left half and is also an attacking penalty corner option.
He made his test debut in 2001, but did not make the team to the Commonwealth Games a year later.
Nation represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing.
The resident of Dunedin plays for Kings United Hockey club in the Otago premier men's league.
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