Wallabies superstar Max Jorgensen is eager to further explore everything Rugby has to offer, including a potential berth at the LA Olympics, after signing a record deal.
Jorgensen inked a five year extenstion with Australian Rugby that will keep the young gun in the game through to the 2031 Rugby World Cup in the USA.
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The deal ties the record for the longest signed by an Australian player, with only Lote Tuqiri and Michael Hooper signing five year contracts.
“It’s [a] massive weight off the shoulders," Jorgensen told reporters.
“It's been going on for a little while now, so it's good to get it finally done and ready before the season starts, so I can just focus on my footy for this year.
“I love the Waratahs and Wallabies, and love the footy that we're playing at the moment, and I couldn't really see myself anywhere else.”
Within this deal is a pair of sabbaticals, allowing Jorgensen to play club Rugby overseas in 2028 and 2030.
Jorgensen, who was born in England, would have a plethora of options worldwide.
Alternatively, the Waratahs star could make the switch to Sevens for the Los Angeles Olympics, hunting for Australia's first medal in the men's event.
Jorgensen's former Waratahs teammate Mark Nawaqanitawase and Corey Toole made the switch for the Paris Games, helping them to their highest finish of fourth.
The Balmain product played Sevens for NSW in 2021 and is keeping all options open regarding his future.
“100% [Olympics is] not off the table. I have so much respect for those guys and what they do over there in the sevens program," he admits.
“It would be very cool to play in the Olympics so it's not off the table, but a conversation for another day...I think conversations comes over the next sort of year or so and for a later day, I think. But still working through all that and we'll see where it takes me."
The 21-year-old was linked with a move to the NRL, which would see him follow in the footsteps of father Peter, who played two Tests before moving to the Sydney Roosters and Penrith Panthers.
“I never really explored it," he said on the rumours.
“I knew I always wanted to stay with the ‘Tahs and the Wallabies, so we never really went down that path, which most people knew about, and I always wanted to stay in this club."
After missing out in 2023 due to injury, Jorgensen was hungry to experience World Cup action.
“2023 was a tough year, not only for myself, but for the Wallabies in a whole," he explained.
"It's always been a dream of mine to play in a World Cup, and especially a home World Cup. It doesn't come around too often, so to be able to hopefully get the chance to play in one of them would be very special.
