Overview
- Rugby Australia confirmed Maddison and Teagan Levi have extended their contracts to stay with the sevens program through the 2028 Olympics.
- The sisters rejected a short-term NRLW cameo reportedly linked to the Gold Coast Titans, with reports indicating the switch could have boosted their pay for a few months.
- Maddison Levi said moving straight from the sevens season ending on June 7 to an early July NRLW kick-off without a preseason would be underprepared and “selfish.”
- Motivated by a medal-less Paris 2024 campaign, the pair said the pursuit of Olympic gold outweighed any short-term financial lure, with Maddison calling money “not the be-all and end-all.”
- Rugby Australia high-performance chief Peter Horne hailed the extensions, and Australia’s next HSBC SVNS stop is Singapore, where they open against Fiji in Pool A.