The hat-trick Savea scored against France saw him being compared to Lomu. Two of these games played saw Savea score hat-tricks, including a quarter-final game against France. Savea's 8 tries saw him equal the record for most tries in a single tournament, previously achieved by the late former All Black Jonah Lomu and South Africa's Bryan Habana. Savea was named in the 31-man All Black squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, where he scored 8 tries across the tournament having played in many games throughout the tournament.
In 2014, Savea was nominated for World Rugby's Player of the Year award, which was ultimately won by teammate Brodie Retallick. Savea became a regular starter for the All Blacks across his first few years.
Since his debut, Savea has been one of the most prolific tryscorers in international rugby. He is the first All Black to score three tries against Ireland in a test match, and the fourth to score three tries on his All Black test debut. On 9 June 2012, Savea scored three tries on his debut for the All Blacks against Ireland in the first test at Eden Park. Savea was named in the 2012 All Black squad, his first season of international rugby. Following an injury to Brad Shields, Savea took over the team as captain until Shields returned from injury. Savea was not selected for the All Blacks for the 2017 Rugby Championship, therefore played his first game for Wellington in four years on the right wing as a result. He started on the right wing in 12 of 14 ITM Cup games, scoring a further eight tries including a try on championship debut against Tasman and two more the following week against Otago. He marked his first-class debut in July 2010 with a length of the field runaway try that clinched an ITM Cup pre-season win for the Wellington Lions over Canterbury. Savea played his final game for the Hurricanes during the 2018 Super Rugby season's semi-final, against the Crusaders, on 28 July when the Crusaders knocked the Hurricanes out of the competition, with the Hurricanes losing 12-30. Savea played 116 games for the Hurricanes during his Super Rugby career and is one of the most-capped Super Rugby players in history. Savea scored 50 tries for the Hurricanes during his Super Rugby career, which ended in 2018 after his signing to Toulon. Savea had been quiet all season, with Wes Goosen replacing him as the starting left wing for the draw to the Lions. Savea was also benched for the semi-final against the Lions in Johannesburg the following year after Vince Aso returned from injury. Savea had a poor season in 2016 and was benched for the Hurricanes' last 3 matches of the season in the knockout rounds, with Jason Woodward, former All Black Cory Jane and James Marshall the team's preferred back three players by the end of the season.
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While he had a quiet 2011 season, his 2012 form earned him a call-up into the All Blacks for the three-test series with Ireland. In 2012, Savea played in his second season for the Hurricanes. In 2010 Savea was touted as 'the next Jonah Lomu'. Savea was rewarded for his good form by being picked in the 2010 Wellington Lions squad to play in the 2010 ITM Cup. He scored 8 tries in the tournament which New Zealand won and was named IRB Junior Player of the year. In 2010, Savea was selected for the New Zealand U-20 team to play at the 2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina. In 2009, Savea debuted for the New Zealand sevens at the 2009 Adelaide Sevens. In 2008, Savea made the New Zealand secondary schools team and the Hurricanes academy squad. Savea attended Rongotai College in Wellington, New Zealand.
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