'Hard to recall': Commentator astonished by teen freak

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The SFS came live connected Saturday nighttime with Fijian Fans bringing the flavour to 1 of the champion treble headers we've ever had successful Oz.

Yep, this week we've got Test matches, teenage sensations and Olympics to ascent into, I'm tingling astatine the thought.

MAGIC TO THE MAX

There's been a fewer retired and retired stars successful Australia who were playing Super Rugby arsenic teenagers. James O'Connor, Kurtley Beale, Jordy Petaia adjacent Michael Hooper.

While each of them went terrific arsenic kids, it's hard to callback an idiosyncratic show arsenic awesome arsenic that of Max Jorgensen connected Saturday. The 18-year-old Balmain inferior played a important relation successful each 4 NSW tries and seemingly covered each leaf of writer astatine Allianz.

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Max Jorgensen of the Waratahs runs the shot during the circular 12 Super Rugby Pacific lucifer betwixt NSW Waratahs and Melbourne Rebels. (Getty)

He wore a fig of shots from the brutal Fijian defence and kept bouncing up. He threw himself into acheronian places successful defence arsenic well.

It was astir arsenic implicit a show arsenic you'd get from anyone, fto unsocial a kid who doesn't crook 19 until the archetypal week of the World Cup.

The effort secured 'Jorgo Jnr' the overmuch coveted and precise uncommon 'POSTY FEATURE', wherever the full Between Two Posts unit prime the aforesaid subordinate arsenic champion of the round.

For much connected the emergence and inheritance of Aussie rugby's adjacent large thing, read this from SMH go-to Iain Payten.

Jorgensen plants 1 successful the corner

READY FOR TAKE-OFF

Staying with the Waratahs backmost three, Mark Nawaqanitawase was astatine his electrifying champion successful Sydney arsenic well.

Only a youngster himself astatine 22 years of age, 'Marky Mark' helped make a peculiar portion of play down the abbreviated broadside earlier scoring the resulting effort himself.

Nawaqitawase qualifies for some Fiji AND Italy done his parents but has thankfully re-signed with Rugby Australia for a fewer much years.

Whilst he's accelerated becoming a household name, it wasn't ever the case.

When I asked him pre-season astir the antithetic attempts to pronounce his surname implicit the years, 1 stood retired successful particular: "I was going OK astatine a schoolboy tourney and the crushed announcer yet kinda gave up and conscionable went with Mark NaQANTAS."

Mark Nawaqanitawase of the Waratahs celebrates with Max Jorgensen aft scoring a effort during their circular 12 Super Rugby Pacific clash with the Melbourne Rebels. (Getty)

SO LONG SHAN

Wallaroos and Aussie 7s large Shannon Parry waved goodbye to a stunning vocation with triumph implicit Fiji astatine Allianz.

At the close, Parry had played successful 4 World Cups, was an Olympic Gold medallist, a World Series champion, a World Series Dream Team subordinate and Wallaroos captain.

Speaking to BTP past week, Parry simply said this of her legacy.

"If I've inspired conscionable 1 young miss to deterioration the golden headgear and play rugby, past I'll beryllium happy."

She's done that and a full batch much and hopefully we spot her proceed connected arsenic a coach.

At the different extremity of their vocation is Wallaroos squad subordinate Caitlyn Halse who shared a terrific interrogation with Stan Sports Sera Naiqama successful the pre-game show.

Outgoing Wallaroos skipper Shannon Parry is lofted into the aerial for a defender of honour. (Bretty Hemmings via Getty Images)

When asked what got the 16-year-old skill-ready for Test footy, Halse explained she spent years arsenic a kid kicking goals astatine posts her parents enactment up successful the backyard.

She besides drew a chalk instrumentality fig connected the driveway obstruction and would walk hours and hours passing astatine the shape.

That dedication present has her playing alongside puerility leader Georgina Frederichs.

MASTERS OF MANY

One last connection connected the Wallaroos triumph implicit Fiji, due to the fact that it's worthy repeating.

After making the power from hooker to backrow, Ash Masters turned successful "the champion show by ANY subordinate successful Aussie Rugby this year," according to workfellow Morgan Turinui.

When you see immoderate of what we've already seen from crossed the state done to the extremity of May, that is an tremendous call, but, aft reviewing her highlights for a 3rd time, it's pugnacious to argue.

Wallaroos people back-to-back tries

QUALIFIED TIMES TWO

Congratulations to the Aussie women and men's Sevens teams who've present some qualified for adjacent year's Olympic Games.

The women had their spot sewn up months agone aft a drawstring of bully tournaments, nevertheless the men lone locked their spot successful connected the weekend.

Their efforts astatine Twickenham were capable to spot them dodge the unsafe roadworthy of qualifying though Oceania.

To headdress a large fewer days successful London, Australia's Henry Patterson was named successful the bid Dream Team.

Given the adjacent 260 players who played crossed the season, it's a immense and deserved accolade for the Easts centre. He has immense imaginable successful some Sevens and 15s similar Dylan Pietsch, Lachie Anderson, Ben O'Donnell and Corey Toole earlier him.

Corey Toole of Australia makes a interruption during the last betwixt New Zealand and Australia astatine the London Sevens. (Alex Davidson via Getty Images)

BIG PRAISE FOR THE BIG MAN

French broadside La Rochelle claimed the biggest nine trophy successful Europe aft defeating Leinster successful the Champions Cup finale.

Trailing 17-0, the Ronan O'Gara coached broadside launched a immense comeback to triumph by one, which successful crook brought tremendous praise for Wallabies fastener Will Skelton.

Respected adept and erstwhile Scotland planetary Jim Hamilton was glowing successful his instrumentality connected 'Skelts'.

One wonders, if Skelton is doing the harm helium is, with a French broadside … against the champion Ireland person to offer, wherever does that permission him up of the World Cup successful presumption of Wallabies selection?

NEXT GEN GOOGS

Drew Mitchell spotted this absorbing fastener pairing successful the Shute Shield a mates of weeks back.

Check retired the names of the Marlins gangly men, I'm chasing the inheritance … surely it's a motion to our colleague, the 'Goog' himself.

See you connected Stan Sport for this week's Between Two Posts occurrence with Hoilesy and Morgs.

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