Sam Parkinson hasn’t only got tickets to the hottest show in town this weekend but he will have one of the best seats in the house.
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The 14-year-old from Lorn will patrol the sidelines as a ball boy at the inaugural and sold-out Sydney Sevens at Allianz Stadium on Saturday and Sunday.
Parkinson is the sole Maitland Blacks junior selected for the task at the international event and he knows the pace of the game is something else.
“Sevens is really fast,” the All Saints College student said.
The Hunter junior representative first came across the shortened format of the game on the Gold Coast two years ago and has previously visited the Sydney Football Stadium to watch the NSW Waratahs play Super Rugby.
Parkinson attended a training session with fellow participants early in the new year to get a feel for the ground and what to expect on game day.
