Sheffield-born Jorgensen returns to Twickenham after 2024 match-winning try
Max Jorgensen scored an 83rd-minute try to give Australia a 42-37 victory over England at Twickenham in November 2024. The Sheffield-born wing, now 22, faces England again at Twickenham on Sunday 8 November at 15:10 GMT.
Having just turned 20 in 2024, Jorgensen arrived at Twickenham with three caps and a place on Australia’s bench before producing the late match-winning score that defined the day. He was born in Sheffield while his father, Peter, was playing in the Premiership and the family returned to Australia when Peter retired and Max was still a toddler; somewhere in a drawer in Sydney there is a British passport with his face in it. In 2015 he and his father flew to the UK to watch the Rugby World Cup and Max, decked out in green and gold, cheered the Wallabies to victory over England; "That was never something I wanted to do," he told the Sydney Morning Herald in 2025. "I just always had the dream of playing for the Wallabies. I am stoked every time I get to do it."
Reflecting on the Twickenham finish, Jorgensen said: "It was a pretty special night for the whole team," and added, "To win at Twickenham – the home of rugby – it's a hard place to win and to do it in that fashion was pretty cool. It can be a daunting place, with 85,000 people singing and chanting. It's sort of a different type of atmosphere than you get over in Australia so to have that confidence of knowing we've done it before is definitely good."
Since that night he has become a first-choice back-three pick for Australia, having resisted overtures from rugby league's NRL as a teenager. He crossed in the first and third Tests against the British and Irish Lions last year and his break helped set up Tom Wright's try in the second Test. In September he scored the try that proved the match-winner in a 42-38 victory over South Africa and had also crossed in the Wallabies' first win over the Springboks at Ellis Park in 62 years.
Jorgensen endured a difficult outing in October's 43-21 defeat by New Zealand in Sydney, "butchering a chance and throwing an interception" as described in the report. He expressed confidence in the team's trajectory under new coach Les Kiss, saying: "We've come a long way, we aren't the perfect team, but we are definitely getting better."
Australia face England at Twickenham on Sunday 8 November, 15:10 GMT, with live commentary available on BBC Sports Extra and on the BBC Sport website and app. Formlines and trylines alike will be in sharper focus come Sunday evening.
He knows that Australia need to be more consistent if he and they are to feature in the biggest matches in this autumn's Nations Championship finals and, beyond, at next year's home Rugby World Cup.