Tuhia he tohutoro mo tenei pene - I tohua a Thompson mo te haerenga raumati o Ingarangi ki Amerika ki te Raki i te tau 2001, i pai tana mahi. I eke ia ki tana whakataetae tuatahi mo Ingarangi i te 2002 Six Nations
me te wikitoria ki a Scotland. I eke ia i tana whakamatautau tuatahi ki a Itari i te 2003 Six Nations, he whakataetae i kite i a Ingarangi e wikitoria ana i te Grand Slam. I whai wāhi nui a Thompson ki te haerenga o Ingarangi ki te hemisphere tonga i te Pipiri 2003, i te takaro i nga whakamatautau toa e rua ki a Aotearoa me Ahitereiria.