[5] As a member of the junior national team, she sat in the front row with her father and watched Australia win the first women's gold medal in water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

[7] Rippon was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[1][7] She was a member of the Australia women's national water polo team that won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

[22] In 2005, she was part of the side that won a bronze medal at the FINA World League Super Finals in Kirishi, Russia.

[25] In 2007, she was a member of the Australian side that finished second at the FINA Water Polo World Championships where she was the team's captain.

[27] She was named to the team that competed in 2008 at the FINA world league preliminary round in Tianjin, China.

[11] In a 2008 Asia-Oceania qualifier against China for the World League Super Finals, she played in the 11–9 win that went to a penalty shoot out.

[29] In August 2010, Rippon competed for the national team at the 10th Anniversary Tournament at Sydney Olympic Park.

[32] In April 2011, she attended a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport where the coach was "selecting a team for the major championships over winter.

"[33] In 2011, she was one of five Queensland women to compete for the Australian Stingers in the FINA World League competition held in Auckland, New Zealand.

[34][35] In July 2011, she was a member of the Australian Stingers that competed in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai as a field player.

[3] She was part of the Stingers squad that competed in a five-game test against Great Britain at the AIS in late February 2012.