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Why living in Suaalii’s shadow has unlocked the star in Max Jorgensen
@Source: smh.com.au
After scoring twice (and almost a third), setting up another try and winning man-of-the-match in NSW’s win over the Western Force, Jorgensen was nominated by coach Dan McKellar as “probably … our best player in the first three weeks”.
“He’s just starting to find his feet,” McKellar said. “Even physically, he’s filled out now, the boy’s become a man and he’s just starting to feel like he belongs at this level. He was a Super Rugby player, and then five minutes later he was a Test player at a World Cup and had to deal with a couple of injuries along the way.”
Aged 18 and just a year after he’d been the subject of a cross-code bidding war while still at school, Jorgensen debuted for the Waratahs amid much fanfare in 2023. He was superb early on but soon began a rocky run with injury, and though he was later picked as a bolter for the Wallabies’ World Cup squad, he suffered another injury in France and didn’t play.
In 2024, Jorgensen returned for the Tahs but was dropped mid-season, and then picked up another injury while playing club rugby for Randwick. The rookie was carefully rehabbed back, however, and he finally made his Test debut in August. In November, Jorgensen scored that match-winner coming off the bench at Twickenham, and he was strong for the Wallabies on the rest of the Spring Tour.
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