Commentators stunned by fastest try in history

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Chiefs centre Rameka Poihipi has scored the fastest effort successful Super Rugby history, dotting down aft conscionable 9 seconds of play successful the clash with Moana Pasifika connected Saturday.

Moana winger Anzelo Tuitavuki caught Damian McKenzie's kickoff successful Melbourne earlier firing what would usually beryllium a regularisation walk for the archetypal carry.

But Poihipi work the play superbly, swooping for an intercept and cruising implicit the chalk to interruption the erstwhile grounds of 12 seconds acceptable by Vula Maimuri for the Highlanders against the Crusaders successful 2001 (watch the video successful the subordinate above).

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"Oh that's the quickest effort of all-time!" commentator Grant Nisbett exclaimed.

"Rameka Poihipi, wrong 10 seconds the Chiefs person scored. Wow."

Guinness World Records credits Doncaster Knights winger Tyson Lewis with the fastest effort successful rugby history, scoring aft 7.24 seconds against Old Albanians successful a National Clubs Association lucifer successful England successful 2013.

Former Wallabies winger Drew Mitchell praised Poihipi's crisp enactment connected Stan Sport's coverage.

"It was fantastic anticipation, helium wasn't really going to contention the catch, helium conscionable enactment himself successful a passing transmission and got immoderate reward for his hard work."

Apart from possibly Poihipi, All Blacks large Andrew Mehrtens was the happiest antheral astatine AAMI Park.

That's due to the fact that Mehrtens was the culprit for Maimuri's erstwhile record, erstwhile his attempted clearing footwear was charged down portion playing for the Crusaders.

"I'm gladsome to walk that on, it was a unspeakable infinitesimal against the Highlanders. It got charged down, not my responsibility of course," Mehrtens said connected Stan Sport.

The rampant Chiefs - who upset the Crusaders successful circular 1 - led 38-3 astatine halftime.

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