A SILVER medal, four tries including a quarter-final brace and plenty of praise - Jakiya Whitfeld's debut at the World Sevens Series was certainly one to remember.
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The Bathurst product had already been touted as as one of Australia's best emerging women's rugby sevens talents - her form for University of Sydney in the annual AON Uni 7s particularly eye-catching - but her performance in Cape Town showed she can handle an even bigger stage.
Whitfeld and her fellow Australians ultimately fell short of the gold medal, going down 17-7 to fierce rivals New Zealand in the decider, but had won five consecutive matches prior to that.
The Bathurst 18-year-old was called into the Australian squad for the third round of the series and gave commentators a number of chances to reference her nickname - Winx.
It is a moniker which has stuck since her Sydney Uni team-mates dubbed her that after she scored six tries in her debut Uni 7s tournament.
"What a freak," Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness declared on its Facebook account. "Jakiya Whitfeld, who has been dubbed 'Winx', absolutely carved up on her Australian 7s debut in Cape Town, scoring a stack of tries."
In was in Australia's second game against Ireland that she nabbed her first try, streaking away down the right edge to help ice a 29-0 win. That result came on the back of a 32-0 trouncing of England in the opener.
Australia's last pool game against USA was a much tougher affair, but the green and golds scored late to snatch a 19-14 and advance to the quarter-finals undefeated.
It was in that quarter-final against Fiji where Whitfeld enjoyed her tournament highlight.
The second youngest player in the Australian squad scored two tries in as many minutes in the second half to help her side to a 38-7 victory.
In the semi-final against France, Whitfeld again got her name on the scoresheet as Australia posted a 24-19 result.
With half-time looming, she took the ball from the base of the scrum and darted down the blind side to pick up her third try of the day. Her effort gave Australia a 10-point advantage at half-time and from there they went on to beat France for the first time this year.
The silver-medal performance moved the Australians into second behind New Zealand on the oveall standings, but for Whitfeld it was more about staking her claims for more World Series experience and possible inclusion in the Olympic squad.
The next round of the World Series will be played in Hamilton on January 25-26 and are followed a week later by matches in Sydney.