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Watch: Julian Savea picks off Chiefs twice in first four minutes

Hurricanes winger Julian Savea, also known as ‘The Bus’, started the Super Rugby quarterfinal in style against the Chiefs grabbing two intercepts in the first four minutes.

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In what could be his last home appearance for the Hurricanes, Savea snatched McKenzie’s long ball on counter-attack, which sailed slightly in wind. The clearing box kick from Perenara drifted infield which forced the Chiefs to continue play, and with less than a minute on the clock, the Hurricanes had a dream start as Savea raced away to score under the posts.

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MATCH CENTRE – Hurricanes vs Chiefs

It was a case of Deja Vu less than two minutes later as Savea once again make a brilliant read as the Chiefs tried to run a scrum play to the left-hand side. Savea only had eyes for McKenzie out the back and Weber’s pass hit him perfectly in the breadbasket. He raced away towards his 50th Super Rugby try but this time the 80m dash was too much of an ask as Chiefs winger Shaun Stevenson pulled him down.

Ex-Hurricanes wing and Savea’s close friend Cory Jane described it at halftime as “the Bus running out of petrol”.

The Hurricanes will advance to the Super Rugby semi-finals after holding off the fast-finishing Chiefs 32-31 where Savea will have another chance to score his 50th before heading over to France to take up his deal with Toulon.

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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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