[1][2] He made his test match debut for the New Zealand national rugby union team in July 2024.
Hotham was named in the Tasman Mako squad as a development player for the 2021 Bunnings NPC.
[3] He made his debut for Tasman against Bay of Plenty at Trafalgar Park in a non competition match, coming off the bench in a 26–9 win for the Mako.
He played his first official Bunnings NPC match in the final of the competition against Waikato in his hometown of Hamilton, with Tasman losing 23–20.
On 20 July 2024 Hotham made his All Blacks debut as a replacement for the injured Cortez Ratima in the 36th minute of the test match against Fiji played at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California.