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Rugby player
Julian Savea
Savea representing New Zealand at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, September 2015
Full name
Sio Julian Savea
Date of birth
(1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Height
192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight
103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb)
School
Rongotai College
Notable relative(s)
Ardie Savea (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Wing, Centre
Current team
Wellington, Hurricanes
Senior career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2010–2017, 2020-
Wellington
62
(115)
2011–2018, 2021-2023
Hurricanes
153
(305)
2018–2020
Toulon
41
(45)
2024-
Moana Pasifika
8
(10)
Correct as of 7 October 2023
International career
Years
Team
Apps
(Points)
2010
New Zealand U20
4
(40)
2012–2017
New Zealand
54
(230)
2017
Barbarian F.C.
1
(0)
Correct as of 22 October 2022
National sevens team
Years
Team
Comps
2009
New Zealand
5
Correct as of 22 October 2022
Medal record
Men's Rugby union
Representing New Zealand
Rugby World Cup
2015 England
Squad
Sio Julian Savea (born 7 August 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player. He currently plays wing for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby. Savea formerly played for Toulon in the Top 14 and Hurricanes in the Super Rugby, and is a former captain of the Wellington Lions in the Mitre 10 Cup. Between 2012 and 2017, he won 54 caps for New Zealand.
He has also represented New Zealand at sevens and at under-20 level. Savea is nicknamed "The Bus",[1] a moniker bestowed by under-20s coach Dave Rennie.[2] Savea was a key member of 2015 Rugby World Cup winning team, and was the highest try scorer of the tournament, with 8 tries. Savea is one of the highest try-scorers in New Zealand's history, scoring 46 through the duration of his international career.
Savea was nominated for World Rugby Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015, winning the award for Try of the Year in 2015.
^"What's in a name? Physicist proves Savea may actually hit like a bus". ESPN. 23 October 2015.
^Kayes, Jim (9 June 2012). "Sensational Savea worth persisting with". 3 News. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
JulianSavea (born 7 August 1990) is a New Zealand professional rugby union player. He currently plays wing for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby. Savea formerly...
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Brian O'Driscoll". British and Irish Lions. Retrieved 26 October 2008. "JulianSavea List of tries". ESPN UK. Retrieved 20 April 2022. Knight, Lindsay. "Christian...
Argentine fly-half Nicolás Sánchez, who scored 97 points. New Zealand wing JulianSavea scored the most tries, eight, equalling the record for one tournament...
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stage match.[citation needed] With his hat-trick of tries in this match, JulianSavea equalled Jonah Lomu and Bryan Habana's single-tournament record of eight...
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