Lewis Miller was watching with excitement as Australia learned their opponents for the World Cup next summer.
The Socceroos were drawn in Group D which includes a mouth-watering clash with USA, one of the host nations.
Tony Popovic's side will also face Paraguay, plus one of the play-off winners, as they aim to reach the knockout stage.
Miller won his first cap in 2023 and has since become a regular on the international stage, but nothing quite compares to the prospect of playing in a World Cup.
"There was a lot of hype behind it, a lot of the boys were on calls waiting for our reaction to see who we got," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"We were pretty happy with the group and the gaffer said in interviews he had a feeling we would have one of the host nations.
"That is certainly going to make the atmosphere even better when we play in the US so really excited for that. It is the biggest tournament. The plan is to get out of the group and who knows what can happen?
"Americans do everything over the top and the event itself will be amazing. Hopefully, I will be part of the squad and can get as many family and friends over."
Lately, the Australian sports coverage has been dominated by the Ashes and things have been going rather well for the hosts, but Miller hasn't been tempted to stay up to watch the action live.
"Absolutely not, I need my beauty sleep," he grinned. "We have always been a basketball and football family, we will leave the cricket for the true Aussies."
When Rovers switched to a back three, it was a set-up Miller was already familiar with from his international football. However, he usually operates as a wing-back for the Socceroos.
The 25-year-old believes his experiences on the national stage prepared him well for the demands of Championship football.
Miller in action on the international stage (Image: PA)
"I am quite flexible," he explained. "I play wing-back with the national team and centre-back here, it is a very similar formation and playing style. It is probably a good scenario for me because I can adapt to either.
"I am loving it at centre-back at the moment, especially next to Sean (McLoughlin) and Ry (Alebiosu). I have got a good supporting cast next to me which makes my life a little bit easier."
Miller continued: "The Championship, every point is so crucial and it's such a competitive league. It's the most competitive I've definitely been a part of and anyone can beat anyone on any given day.
"You really have to fight for points and maybe at times we haven't managed games exactly how we would have liked.
"But that is a learning curve. We are still quite a young team, we are still gelling and getting better every week."
There was a sense of frustration that Rovers didn't take all three points against Oxford on Tuesday night, but Miller is optimistic that a good run is around the corner.
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Ahead of that game, he insisted: "We are so close to that final where everything is going to click. Once we jump on that momentum train and keep going, I think it is going to be hard for anyone to stop us.
"We have been playing well, we've been up in games, keeping clean sheets, eventually it is going to go our way.
"Obviously, there's a lot of external things going on at the moment which we cannot control but we are going to do everything we can control to get three points."
The defender got his first taste of professional football at Central Coast Mariners before taking the leap to join Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership.
It was a big change - on and off the pitch - but Miller believes the experience gave him a platform to hit the ground running at Ewood Park.
"It was good playing in Scotland because that's a very physical and intense league," the summer signing recalled.
"It helped me adapt to the physicality and games where you are playing every three days. It was a great league for me to develop as a player.
"I played centre-back a few times there and now playing centre-back here, so it was a great kind of stepping stone for me to get where I am now."