Definitely the best winger itw at his prime. Cannot think of anyone more dominant than him during the 2015 rwc other than maybe habana. Absolute beast. (Lomu would be proud)

@notyoureverydaycultist2579

Жыл бұрын

Habana

@user-rn4oo7ln9t

Жыл бұрын

Milner Skudder?

@jordythebassist

Жыл бұрын

The 2015 RWC try against France is still one of the most impressive displays of brute force and power I've seen. He didn't have a long distance to accelerate and still carried enough speed and power to mow down three Frenchmen before he scored. Unbelievable.

@michaelkonelio7452

Жыл бұрын

@@user-rn4oo7ln9t common…Skudder was good but Julian had speed, size, power and explosiveness. Some things you can’t train for. If he didn’t have the room to run past you, he would run through you. Could also be used as a power winger to make meters for front foot ball

@RubyDoobieScoo

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough before the RWC he was heavily criticised for a drop in form in 2015, many blamed him for the Hurricanes Super Rugby Final loss.

Never seen anyone fall off as hard as Julian Savea did.... from undoubtedly the best winger in the world to barely being able to crack the Hurricanes within a couple years. God knows what happened, but 2015 was the start of his downfall and he just progressively got worse. A real shame too because he was on track to break lots of records.... at least we got to witness one of the greatest wingers ever between 2012-2014 though.

@danedwadd62

Жыл бұрын

He seemed to put on weight and was super slow, at Toulon he was awful

@jazzmatrix8229

Жыл бұрын

He's playing very well for the Hurricanes again these days. Not the same player, but definitely more rounded and still got the ridiculous power.

@Youre

Жыл бұрын

@@jazzmatrix8229 Still a shadow of what he was.

@theblackhammer4344

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. JS was the total package

@handsomesquidward5160

Жыл бұрын

Asafo Aumua fell off hard too

I reckon hes the best winger ever in his prime

This is one of the guys that made me fall in love with rugby, watching him dominate during 2015 was a joy to behold and got me really interested in the game

Poor Israel Dagg on the receiving end of a few too many bumps haha

@nikolakozhuharov1042

Жыл бұрын

this montage makes Dagg look like Bus' favourite victim

Brooo he was scary. Since you are doing stuff on guys in their primes maybe you could do something on Frans Steyn? Guy ws an absolute freak. What other 20 year old just kind of shows up and wins the world cup? Maybe Arundale next year but lets wait and see.

Dude was touted as the next Lomu. Incredible player in his prime

@dhirenfernando8159

Жыл бұрын

he scored more tries than lomu in less games it was unreal at the time

@RubyDoobieScoo

Жыл бұрын

He outperformed Lomu significantly.

@duncanb1981

6 ай бұрын

Was better than Lomu

Absolutely the ‘greatest hits’ video I’ve been waiting for. Mr Forde you’ve done it again! 🙌

Brothers Savea are two big NZ legend

This was the guy who would've broken all the records for a winger and probably be the best winger/player of his time So sad who he fell off so bad. When I played rugby I wanted to be just like him they called me the bus also lol. Was great to experience him in our time

@David_Lee92

9 ай бұрын

Sole, you're just a fia The Bus

Saw Andrew Taylor in one of the clips, would love to see a tribute to him. Very entertaining player in his day.

1:37 this tackle tho

That all black team at the time was unplayable.

he is basically the modern day jonah lomu

Julian savea will go down as one the greatest wingers to ever play the game

In shape he was potent and possibly the best winger around 2015.

@kainoizking

Жыл бұрын

Possibly? Lmao he was by far and away the best winger in the world during that period and in my personal opinion he’s the greatest winger of all time in his absolute prime.

@hphenderson85

Жыл бұрын

@@kainoizking in 2015 he was the best attacking winger out there. He's doing well now in 2023 SR.

2 of them tries there had unreal passes to him by Aaron Smith! Those guys in their prime were unplayable!

His performance at the 2015 world cup was SPECTACULAR!! You would think Jonah from heaven saw it. It's sad he was dropped off the team too early. Just 4 tries away to break Doug Howlett's record(49 tries).

@Youre

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't dropped early, his form plummeted big time..... if anything they held onto him for longer than he deserved (he played against the Lions in 2017 despite having been poor for 2 years.

@user-rn4oo7ln9t

Жыл бұрын

Jonah was alive for the rwc 2015

@animekawaiichan9399

Жыл бұрын

@@Youre damn. Such a downfall. But I get you.

@YesBruv66

Жыл бұрын

He did injure himself bad and then he just faded away and later left for japan and now came back to finish in nz

@Youre

Жыл бұрын

@@YesBruv66 I don't think he ever had a serious injury or went to Japan? Hi form gradually got worse and worse then he went to France.

I notice Chris Ashton defending for England in a number of these. I always wondered why he got a reputation for poor defence (very unfairly in my view). Now I think it’s simply because in a big % of his international matches he was tasked with marking The Bus. Not an easy job and would be unflattering on any opposing winger’s defensive record.

The past coach failed him, he should be the all time leading Allblacks try scorer

Absolutely incredible back in his prime, could make world class players look like amateurs

Here’s a fact he has 46 tries for the All blacks while Doug Howlett has the all blacks record of 49 tries if Savea stayed in the all blacks and stayed in form he would have definitely broken the record

@jldp24

4 күн бұрын

He played in the most dominant Ab era..australia were at their worst.. the boks were crap. Look at his super rugby try scoring record..pretty average.

Saw some skills here that was absent from NZ in their test series against Ireland these last few weeks.

@michaelkonelio7452

Жыл бұрын

That team was absolutely stacked, Mccaw, Dan, Nonu, Conrad, Julian, Corey Jane, Dagg, Kaino, Aaron Smith and the list goes on…that ABs team was a cheat code lol definitely a shadow of its former glory now. Too many blokes with mullets and ego…

@Hammersteyn

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelkonelio7452 they certainly earned those mullets, as did Australia

@YallNotWhite_YourPINK

Жыл бұрын

I agree the all blacks have no backs who can break the defence line. They did have nganni laumape but let him go for some reason

@michaelkonelio7452

Жыл бұрын

@@YallNotWhite_YourPINK yup, centres too small…no solid wingers who have size and speed. Our wingers are now smaller who only have pace. interesting times ahead

@YallNotWhite_YourPINK

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelkonelio7452 bro everything you said is pure facts!! I dont get why they keep picking old guys or guys playing out of position we have so much young talent that never get the chance to put on a black jersey

I always wonder how close he would've got to the test try scoring record...

I love this guy

Hey Andrew, I'm a big fan! One of my recommendations for a tribute is a Ben Smith plss

Savea told What A Lad podcast on his interview Josua tuisova is the real bus

Andrew ur a beast

Can you do a Stephen larkham video and Carlos Spencer please

Hot take: Prime Savea was better than Lomu.

What is it about NZ number 11s

Beast beast and a beast

Should be brought back into ABs

We need another Julian bruh 🖤🇳🇿

@chadwinphilander4159

3 ай бұрын

Telea

JS - The Total Package

Good video

Pls do henry slade next

All blacks need more Samoans in the team cos theyre big and strong..

What happened to him??? Can he come back?

Why he isn’t in the national team?

Just better

Now he’s just irrelevant

Interesting no clips Vs the Boks?

@notyoureverydaycultist2579

Жыл бұрын

The Boks are the only guys that can stop him🤫

@benvaughan3392

Жыл бұрын

They only beat an injury ridden Wales 2-1 at home. Bearing in mind wales lost to Italy at home recently the boks have nothing to shout about based on current form

@pauljansen6650

Жыл бұрын

@@benvaughan3392 don't need to shout about anything when you are world champions mate. Peak at the right time, you'll learn someday....

@benvaughan3392

7 ай бұрын

​@pauljansen6650 my mums SA but I was born in NZ, nothing against them we're just arrogant as saffas

Andy fenby video would be nice.

@Mr___X

Жыл бұрын

not much difference between fenby and savea tbh

What happened to him? Did he retire?

@hendrikprinsloo4912

Жыл бұрын

I also would like to now ?

@zorba4166

Жыл бұрын

he went to France but nw he is back with the hurricanes

@maximiliansundram6868

Жыл бұрын

His form dropped off a lot, to the point where he was barely making the Hurricanes squad. Now he's playing a bit better, but he timed his drop in form with the rise of Rieko Ioane, so he probably will never win another cap.

@hendrikprinsloo4912

Жыл бұрын

@@maximiliansundram6868 damn thats bad he was one of the BESTS. Just to think he scored 46 tries of 54 test for Nz thats absolutley bonkers. Coming from an SA fan. If he could have kept his form an played maybe 100 testit would have looked diffrent hey.

What happened to him? so few tests and he is not that old now?

@nikolakozhuharov1042

Жыл бұрын

his form dropped and at the same time Rieko Ioane emerged this season he showed glimpses of his best self for the Canes but the speed in his feet is not the same

@RLuke103

Жыл бұрын

@@nikolakozhuharov1042 weight gain too, couldn't seem to hold off the lbs the ABs selectors wanted him to.

what happened he's totally out of the rotation

@RLuke103

Жыл бұрын

Dip in form and weight gain. Plus post 2015 there were other wingers knocking on the ABs door.

@michaelkonelio7452

Жыл бұрын

@@RLuke103 hasn’t been a winger like him since…there’s attributes you can’t train for. His size, speed, agility, power and explosiveness. It’s what the ABs have been missing, I power winger with a power 12. Nothing since Julian and Nonu left

@RLuke103

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelkonelio7452 totally agree, could still be playing for the ABs now if he kept himself in shape and in form.

@michaelkonelio7452

Жыл бұрын

@@RLuke103 yeah it’s unfortunate, I think with players like him they have a short prime period…seems like most wingers who have the size, speed and explosiveness decline quicker than standard wingers who rely on pure pace…that’s my observation anyway.

@sheldoncooper0

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelkonelio7452 Because these naturally big guys have the body types (Endomorph) that once you hit late 20s you naturally struggle to get into good shape because you start putting on fat. They are born naturally with big frames large bones and easily put on muscle at a young age, but they do also put on fat easily as they get older...

No highlights against South Africa though. Dont take that shit

closest we have ever got to Lomu.