JAMES McGARRY is looking to soar with Aberdeen in the second half of the season - so he can hit the skies again for international duty.
The defender has just one cap for New Zealand against Lithuania in 2019.
While he was due for a recall for games against DR Congo and Australia last October, the left wing-back was sidelined with a hamstring injury.
Now McGarry is determined to help lift Dons back up the table and into the fight for third place.
And he knows that would boost his hopes of a recall by the All Whites, who have confirmed they will play a tournament with Croatia, Tunisia and Egypt in the United Arab Emirates in March.
He said: "Hopefully I will get into the national team again at some point. I just have to keep playing and playing well to get into that squad.
"I was supposed to be in it before my injury.
"That injury came up at an unfortunate time, only a couple of weeks before the camp I was supposed to be in.
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