All Blacks wing Julian Savea has been suitably humbled and that’s bad news for the Wallabies.
For the opening three tests of World Cup year, New Zealand’s most potent strike weapon has been a notable absentee from the team sheet.
The full reasons for that have emerged in Sydney this week with coach Steve Hansen saying his star wing had turned up to the All Blacks first training camp overweight and out of shape.
However, in Sydney, Savea put his hand up for letting his conditioning slip during the Hurricanes’ Super Rugby campaign.
Trainer Nick Gill said that meant some humbling fitness sessions with Savea, one in Johannesburg ending with the winger down on all fours and reaching for his asthma inhaler.
The All Blacks play the Wallabies at 10.05pm tomorrow while South Africa meets Argentina at 3.05am Sunday.
Source: Stuff.co.nz
