The record books will show the Wallabies clean-sweeped the French, their emphatic 39-13 third Test victory on the weekend being the national team's seventh win on the trot – the first time this has happened since 1999-2000. Not that anyone will care about any of that years from now. They'll only look at the official record to check out when one Will Skelton, all 140kg and 203cm of him, made his international debut. The less formal public records, Facebook and Twitter, will simply say OMG! Let there be no doubt, Skelton's arrival was nothing short of a seismic incident; a Godzilla-like emergence of a New Zealand born 22-year-old of monstrous physique, toothy grin, and quite unexpectedly, a pianist's soft touch. Oh my God indeed.

Applause to Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie for selecting Skelton at lock. This column expressed caution about sending the youngster out to face the French pack. How wrong can one be? It was the French who needed protection in the end. Skelton skittled them in groups of two and three, the French flying this way and that like blue-topped bowling pins. Rugby has plenty of forwards who can shift pianos, but rarely do you find one who can also play. Skelton's ridiculous talents border on the comical. He even laughs to himself when pulling off audacious plays, like when he took a spell from beating up Frenchmen and laid on the sweetest of short passes to send Israel Folau clean through for a gem of a try. Skelton was grinning ear to ear the moment the ball left his fingers.

The scariest thing about Skelton is that he's barely scratched the surface of his potential. He was utterly spent when subbed in the 52nd minute. Imagine what he could do when conditioned to play 60 or 70 minutes, if not the full 80? It's a spine-chilling thought for future opposition at next year’s World Cup. And despite his weekend's heroics, Skelton won't truly arrive on the global scene unless he performs at that tournament with the whole world watching. Like Jonah Lomu in 1995, a big tournament could see Skelton's fame catapulted into the stratosphere.

But Lomu's fame came well before the social media boom. Skelton, on the other hand, at just 22, bum-fluff passing as a goatee and a disarming smile, could be rugby's first social media global superstar (Quade Cooper in lime green speedos fell well short in the end). The world loves athletes with unusual physical gifts, even armwrestlers like Germany's Matthias 'Hellboy' Schlitte who has a rare genetic condition making his right forearm almost three times bigger that his left. A powertools company recently signed up Schlitte to front a new campaign to flog is its wares, including in Australia through Bunnings. Who's to say Skelton couldn't get that gig. Schlitte's campaign is called “unexpected power”. Skelton's would need tweaking though, perhaps “totally expected power”.

Skelton will be getting plenty of high fives this week. The media love him right now. He can do no wrong. Being humble doesn't look like being an issue for Skelton given his Pacific Island background. However, one hopes he's clued up – and he comes across as exceptionally bright in interviews – to position himself in a way that maximises his earning potential, especially for next year's World Cup and beyond. It's a fact Australian players are underpaid by global standards. Most accept the situation because they know the Australian Rugby Union is doing it tough. Other players rightfully want to get paid what they're worth and have opted not to remain playing in Australia (and, yes, there's a distinction between deciding not to stay in Australia, and deciding to go overseas). There has been a compromise of sorts between the remaining talent and management to pay for less than market value until the governing body's financial situation improves. However, it's a fragile arrangement straddled across the finest of lines in the employee/employer relationship – and it's one Australian Rugby Union boss Bill Pulver has perhaps overstepped.

Pulver’s decision to shoot down the prospect of lucrative out-of-season sabbaticals for the game's marquee players is ill-judged on a number of levels, including that the player who first raised the issue, Israel Folau, is the one man the Wallabies cannot afford to lose. Former Wallabies hooker Brendan Cannon has already made some very valid observations on Pulver's curious position. Skelton needs to take note. He's on the edge of something special as a player and has yet to sign a top-up deal with the ARU. It's his time. Humility is fine. He's got that covered. But repeated displays of gratitude? Absolutely - the Wallabies are very lucky to have Skelton playing for them. In fact, they should forever thank him for not signing for the All Blacks who chased him hard to return to 'home'. Thank you Will. Always. Now, it's time to get a good agent. Sonny Bill Williams's agent, Khoder Nasser, is the go to guy. He landed SBW a global ambassador role for Adidas. Come the 2019 World Cup in Japan, Skelton could literally and metaphorically be the biggest player in world rugby.

Talking points

• From one star to another, although this one does his finest work in the shadows. Blindside Scott Fardy is the pick for player of the series against the French. There's plenty of competition for that gong, Michael Hooper, Israel Folau, and Matt Toomua to name just a few. But Fardy shades them all for consistent excellence in dark places across all three Tests. The Wallabies are a far lesser team without him.

• The NZ Herald's Dylan Cleaver has put together a revealing infographic charting the birthplace of All Blacks past and present. It shatters the myth about NZ pillaging South Pacific island nations for its talent. Of the 1,133 players to have donned the famous black strip, just 32 were born in the islands.

• Super Rugby returns this weekend, and it's a frantic three rounds until the play-offs. In fact, it's pretty much essential viewing from here on out with finalists unlikely to be known until the last match of the final round on 12 July. This weekend's must-watch games are the Hurricanes v Crusaders, and Waratahs v Brumbies. The Tahs will all but seal top spot and a home semi-final with a win. Test match quality is assured.