Maddison Levi has defied a knee injury to score a superb double and propel Australia's rugby women to world sevens championship glory in France.
The Aussies defeated their biggest rivals in the last global showdown of the season, downing their great rivals New Zealand 26-19 in the final in Bordeaux, the last leg of the three-tournament world championship series.
Their star player Levi had been injured the previous week when they won the second leg in Valladolid, Spain, and she was kept under wraps for the first two days of competition until Sunday's semi-finals and final.
The 24-year-old phenomenon, who's again been shortlisted for women's world sevens player of the year, produced a player of the match display in the final, with her two tries and other scores from Heidi Dennis and Faith Nathan guiding the Australians to their third overall title in five years.
