Julian Savea

'Sometimes the jersey is not enough for a better life' - Lima Sopoaga

Wasps' fly-half Lima Sopoaga believes the player drain from New Zealand to Europe will increase in the future because the lure of the All Blacks jersey no longer outweighs the financial incentives on offer...

Top 14 Round Two Recap

Clermont claimed top spot on the Top 14 log after they handed Racing 92 their first defeat at the U Arena.   Pau 20 - 10 RC Toulon  Colin Slade starred in Pau's victory over Toulon this weekend...

WATCH: Julian Savea and Liam Messam make Top 14 debut

5 Players To Watch Top 14 Round Two

Round two of the Top14 gets underway this evening with 5 games coming your way.    We have highlighted 5 players to keep an eye on in what will be an exciting round of action.    Julian...

Top 14 Foreign Imports 2018/19

The Top 14 season returns this weekend with a packed schedule with a number of mouth-watering encounter including a reply of last year's final.   The start of the Top 14 season always generates...

Epic video of backs destroying forwards will make you question everything

Long gone are the days of forwards dominating all before them. More and more backs are now as big - or bigger - than their forward counterparts and this incredible video shows us those physical specimens...

Julian Savea somehow finishes in the corner then steamrolls an All Black

Former Test winger Julian Savea had another top game on Saturday, despite being part of a losing cause, as the Hurricanes went down 30-12 to the Crusaders in their Super Rugby semi-final. Savea beat three...

England flanker Brad Shields takes conversion kick and it's not too bad

Sending off a LEGEND. @brad_shields ???????? pic.twitter.com/uE459z2Udx — Hurricanes Rugby (@Hurricanesrugby) July 29, 2018 With the Hurricanes failing to beat the Crusaders in their semi final clash,...

Player Ratings: Crusaders v Hurricanes

  Following the Crusaders' 20th Super Rugby home playoff win we rated both side's starting XVs out of 10:   CRUSADERS:  15. David Havili - 8  A solid game from Havili as he repaid...

Hurricanes Unchanged for Semi-Final

The Hurricanes have named an unchanged starting XV to head south for Saturday's Super Rugby semi-final against the Crusaders at Christchurch's AMI Stadium.   After defeating the Chiefs 32-31 in...