At the end of the 2001's Super League VI he was selected by John Kear for the England Under-21 tour to South Africa.

As Super League IX champions, the Leeds Rhinos faced 2004 NRL season premiers, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the 2005 World Club Challenge.

He also lifted the European Nations Cup with England, helping them reach the final with a hat trick against Russia in the qualifiers and then four against France in the final, with a man of the match performance and scored a hat trick of tries in the Wigan Warriors's epic 31–30 play-off victory over the Bradford Bulls on 21 September 2007 as the Warriors fought back from a 30–6 deficit but was forced off the field in the following match against Hull F.C.

with a broken bone in his lower leg which forced him to miss the Wigan Warriors's last match of 2007's Super League XII against the Leeds Rhinos.

Throughout his Wigan career he was criticised for not producing the form that gave him his name at the Leeds Rhinos, many fans thought that he had pace but was not giving everything into every match which began to have negative effect on his future at the club.

[citation needed] He withdrew from the Scotland training squad[7] for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup after being called up by England.

for the 2009's Super League XIV Following his departure from Hull FC, he was linked with the likes of the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the Crusaders RL and the Salford City Reds, however, no deal was reached.