Australia has a proud history of developing some of the greatest Sevens athletes to ever grace the shortened-format.
James Stannard, Emilee Barton (née Cherry), Lewis Holland, Sharni Smale (née) Williams, Nick Malouf and Ellia Green: the list goes on and on.
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But two current stars have established themselves as superstars of the game and within the all-time GOAT conversation: Charlotte Caslick and Maddison Levi.
With the Perth SVNS this week, 'The Debate' poises the argument for both sides as to why they will finish their careers as the best to ever do it.
How does one begin to describe Charlotte Caslick's impact on sevens rugby and, more broadly, Australian sport?
You could start with the accolades.
2016 Rio Gold Medalist. Three-time Olympian. Two-time World Sevens Player of the Year . 2022 Triple Crown (Commonwealth Games, Sevens World Cup, World Series Title) winner and co-captain.
If that's not doing it for you, have a peek at the numbers - 318 caps, 180 tries, 902 points - all before her 30th birthday.
There's not a trophy she hasn't hoisted nor a score she hasn't posted over a decade-long career at the top. She could walk away tomorrow and still be a legend of the game.
But the reason Caslick will end up being Australia's Sevens GOAT is simple - she won't walk away. She can't walk away. It's not in her nature.
At just 29, Caslick has unfinished business to attend to - and the skills to deliver - when the LA Olympics roll around.
She's still producing match-winning plays eight seasons on from her Rio heroics (Dubai final, anyone?) and it would take a brave punter to bet against her going the distance in 2028 to inspire yet another generation of future Aussie sevens stars.
In the world of Sevens, there hasn’t been a try-scoring threat quite like Maddison Levi ever in the game.
When people say this about athletes, it’s often an exaggeration but for Levi, it almost doesn’t do her justice.
Levi has just three years of Sevens experience but is already at the stage where she’s chasing her own record.
She holds the World Series and Olympic record for most tries, irrespective of gender and averages close to a try every two touches.
Levi is fresh off winning her first World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year and is the front-runner to do it again after 15 tries in two events. The Gold Coast native has been nominated every year on the World Series, incredibly unlucky not to win it in 2023 after breaking the try-scoring record.
She has the team success to back it up, only missing Olympic gold after helping Australia to a Triple Crown in 2021-22.
The 22-year-old is already in the top five for most tries ever and just outside for points, a remarkable stat when you consider she doesn’t kick.
If Levi stays in Sevens, she’ll hold all these records in the next 3-5 years and her place as one of the best to ever play the game.
