Australia
He made his debut for Australia in the Ashes series against Great Britain in 1988 on the wing and continued to be a regular member of the Australian side for nearly on a decade. Ettingshausen was selected for the 1990 Kangaroo Tour, and against Papua New Guinea in 1991 along with playing in a three test series against New Zealand playing wing for the 1st game and at fullback in games 2 and 3.
He played at fullback for all three Tests of the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia, helping Australia retain The Ashes. Injury unfortunately prevented him from selection in for Australia's one off test against Papua New Guinea in Townsville a few weeks after the Great Britain series and also Australia's winning World Cup squad at the end of the 1992 season.
After playing from the bench in the 3 tests against New Zealand in 1993 he played on the wing in a further Test match against France in 1994 before embarking on his second Kangaroo Tour, playing in all four Tests, and earning the distinction of becoming the first player since Bob Fulton to be the top try-scorer on consecutive Kangaroo tours.
ET played his final international in 1997 for the Australian Super League team, before retiring from representative fixtures in 1999.
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