Max Jorgensen


Max Jorgensen is an Australian professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super Rugby, and the Australia national team.

Early life and career

Jorgensen was born in Sheffield in the English county of South Yorkshire in 2004. At the time he was born, his father, Peter, was playing professional rugby union with English Premiership side Rotherham Titans.

Waratahs

A New South Wales Waratahs academy product and schoolboy representative. Jorgensen also played junior rugby league with the Leichhardt Juniors club. He reportedly turned down an offer from National Rugby League club Sydney Roosters.
After being brought into the senior squad for the 2023 Super Rugby season, Jorgensen was named as a starter for the Waratahs in their first round match against the ACT Brumbies. Playing the full match, Jorgensen scored two tries, although the Waratahs lost 25–31. The following week Jorgensen scored another try in a win against the Fijian Drua.
In April 2023, he was named by Eddie Jones in a Wallabies training squad. He was selected in the Australia squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, but was ruled out of the tournament after fracturing his fibula in training, without playing a match.
Early in the 2024 Super Rugby season, Jorgensen re-signed with the Waratahs until the end of 2026.
In January 2026 Jorgensen signed a five-year, multimillion dollar contract extension with the Waratahs, which would see him stay with the club until the end of 2031. The deal also allows Jorgensen to take sabbatical seasons overseas in 2028 and 2030. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the deal came at a time of heightened interest from National Rugby League clubs, particularly the Sydney Roosters. The contract was reported to be around 900k per season. Commenting on the new contract extension, Jorgensen told The Sydney Morning Herald: "I said to my manager, I want to stay. This is where my heart lies and this is where I want to play. It was mainly that I was loving it here and being a part of the Tahs and the Wallabies and I really wanted to stay. I didn't really have any interest going anywhere else. We weren't keeping that a secret or anything. That was pretty much the conversation that were happening over the last six or so months since started, that I wanted to stay."

International career

Born in England to an Australian parent, Jorgensen is eligible to represent Australia or England. Jorgensen holds a British passport. Jorgensen also has Russian ancestry via his father Peter.
Having already been selected in the Wallabies squad for 2023, Jorgensen was selected in the first squad announcement for the 2024 Rugby Championship. Jorgensen made his international debut for Australia in the second round of the 2024 Rugby Championship against South Africa at Perth Stadium, Perth, Western Australia. Australia lost 12–30. In November 2024, he scored the winning try in the last play of a 42–37 victory over England during the 2024 Autumn Nations Series.