Savea scores 61st try to claim Super Rugby record

Former All Blacks winger Julian Savea scored his 61st Super Rugby try during Moana Pasifika’s 23-29 defeat by the Melbourne Rebels in Hamilton on Friday to become the leading try-scorer in the competition’s history.
The 33-year-old had shared the record on 60 with former New South Wales Waratahs fullback Israel Folau since scoring two tries for the Wellington Hurricanes against the Fijian Drua last May.
Although now playing in the centres for Moana, World Cup winner Savea slid across the try line on the right wing in the 49th minute of the round-three clash to take the record outright.
But it was not enough to inspire Moana to victory and Savea said their slow start cost them.
“We didn’t turn up,” Savea told Sky. “Against a good team like the Rebels you can’t start like that. Physically they beat us up early on and we showed our talent too late.