Freakish rugby play that tennis star couldn't believe as Maddison Levi resets sights on global domination

John Millman's jaw is still on the floor.

"Look at that tackle! And the strip! This is unreal, look at this!"

The retired tennis star turned Nine analyst was watching a clip of Maddison Levi's miraculous defensive play at the Singapore Sevens last year.

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Not only did the Australian stop New Zealand's Kelsey Teneti from scoring, but she rolled her over, somehow stole possession and then set off on an attacking raid of her own.

"I probably couldn't recreate it if I tried. See ball, get ball. I don't know how I pulled it off, over the try-line," Levi recalled.

World Rugby's official social media accounts asked the question: "Is this the greatest rugby tackle ever?"

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Even George Gregan is probably happy to say yes.

After a Stan Sport promotional pit-stop at the Australian Open, Levi is now back in Singapore, plotting more heroics at the 2026 tournament which kicks off on Saturday.

Life is good for the 23-year-old Gold Coast prodigy, who gets to travel the world alongside her sister and sevens teammate Teagan.

The Levi sisters this week extended their Rugby Australia contracts until the end of 2028.

"My sole focus is the Olympics (in Los Angeles in 2028)," Maddison told Wide World of Sports.

"And then the home World Cup (in 2029) is pretty exciting in XVs, so I'd like to make a splash in that."

Sevens specialist Levi put her hat in the ring for Australia's 2025 World Cup campaign in England but later withdrew from contention.

Before that decision, Levi's manager Mat Rogers told Stan Sport's Inside Line that he was worried that she was set up to fail.

"She's not going to have enough game time," Rogers said in April.

"It's just unfair on her, and it's unfair on the squad to throw her in there and expect her to be a world beater that she is in sevens. It's too much pressure."

Time is on Levi's side.

She has no background in the full version of the game but it is not hard to picture her destroying her opponents on the wing, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe style.

At just 23, Levi is already third on the women's sevens world series all-time try-scorers list with 221 from just 28 tournaments.

"Obviously a lot of FOMO - England did it so well with record crowds at last year's World Cup - but it's not a decision I regret," she said.

"With little preparation I wouldn't have been able to put my best foot forward. It will be different at a home World Cup. I kind of forget that I am 23 and if I put my hand up to do everything I might burn out quicker than I thought.

"So I want to stay level headed and not just jump at everything for the sake of it. I want to have a long career and build a legacy within the world of rugby."

Levi took inspiration from watching a similarly dominant athlete, tennis world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka, in Melbourne.

"It feels like the Olympics in Paris, the experience I got from that, to be able to rub shoulders with other athletes and see how they go about their day and how they prepare," she said.

"This is kind of like the Olympics for tennis. And the Australians do it well. Just to see how they recover, how they warm up, the facilities, I've heard that Australia is the best (grand slam) for the players.

"It's something that's super special. Sabalenka is incredible to watch with her power and the way she carries herself.

"She has a good time as well."