WATCH: Lima Sopoaga causes glorious chaos with rugby's first overhead kick 7 years ago

WATCH: Lima Sopoaga causes glorious chaos with rugby's first overhead kick

God bless you Super Rugby. God bless you all.

Ardie Savea proved his last remaining doubter wrong with a two-try salvo and a man-of-the-match performance in the Hurricanes' 27-20 win over the Highlanders.

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Last year's Super Rugby champions gave it a fair rattle in Wellington but their hosts had too much power and pace to handle. It was a small measure of revenge for the 'Canes after they lost last year's final.

Moment of the match, though, was surely this overhead kick pass from the Highlanders' out-half that bamboozled the hell out of the Hurricanes.

Shaping to pass to teammate Malakai Fekitoa, Sopoaga then hooked a no-look kick over his shoulder. It took five players out in one motion, bounced up for Matt Faddes and led to a break that gained the Highlanders 50 metres.

Overhead chip

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Do not expect to see Joe Schmidt's Ireland pulling out this move in South Africa.

Glorious.

Overhead 1

Still, it's no 'Back of the Hand Bullet Pass' [No.3].

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