NEWS: Rugby Australia announced the re-signings of Maddison and Teagan Levi through to the end of 2028.<\/p>\n
The new deal confirms the Levi sisters will remain with Australian Rugby through the Los Angeles Olympics as the Australian Women\u2019s Sevens team pursues a second Olympic gold medal.<\/p>\n
From the Gold Coast, the Levi sisters made their Australian Sevens debuts just over 12 months apart with Maddison Levi first competing at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.<\/p>\n
Maddison is currently third on the women\u2019s all-time try-scorers list for the HSBC SVNS world series with 221 tries and 1105 points.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old was crowned World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year in 2024, scoring a record 69 tries in a calendar season and an Olympic record 15 tries during the Paris games.<\/p>\n
Australia Sevens player Maddison Levi said: \u201cI\u2019m super excited to extend my contract with Rugby Australia and keep building and developing as a player with this talented bunch of women.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s still so much I want to achieve in the space of Rugby Sevens, and to be able to commit until the next Olympics will help me achieve these goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Teagan followed with an Australian debut in 2021 at the Dubai 7s and has become a leader within the national side.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old has played 130 matches across 27 tournaments, scoring 34 tries and kicking 131 goals for 432 points.<\/p>\n
Australia Sevens player Teagan Levi said: \u201cI am really excited and privileged to be able to re-sign with the Aussie Sevens squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a talented and inspiring squad that is building something special and I can\u2019t wait to continue the journey with everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Director of High Performance Peter Horne said he was pleased to be able to lock in the Levi sisters to long-term contracts.<\/p>\n
\u201cExtending Maddi and Teagan\u2019s contracts through the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 is a positive outcome for Australian Rugby,\u201d Horne said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth Maddi and Teagan are important players in the women\u2019s Sevens program and excellent ambassadors for the game in Australia and around the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased the Levi sisters have extended their commitment to Australian Rugby and look forward to their ongoing contributions on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Levi sisters and Australian Sevens teams will depart for Singapore on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the third round of the HSBC SVNS World Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWS: Rugby Australia announced the re-signings of Maddison and Teagan Levi through to the end of 2028. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-440327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}