The following season he made his debut for the Wallabies in a test against Scotland in Edinburgh and was subsequently named in the 22 against France the following week and went on to start at lock for Australia A against the French Barbarians in Paris. In 2005 he started at lock in six of the 12 tests he played in. He also scored tries in the tests against Samoa and Italy. He was named in the Wallabies 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He is the 32nd Australian player to play in a half century of Tests, and just the fourth lock. He finished the 2010 Super 14 season just 12 matches short of a century of matches in that competition.