Julian Savea admits this weekend's game against the All Blacks is going to be an odd feeling - especially lining up against his little brother Ardie.
The 54-Test winger will play against the All Blacks for the first time in his career after he was selected for the Barbarians when he didn't make the cut for the end-of-year tour.
But he doesn't expect anyone to go easy on him - especially if brother Ardie is named in the match-day squad for the men in black.
"The last time I played him would've been at home along the carpet," Savea said.
Julian told reporters the pair used to play rugby in their backyard pretending to be All Blacks, but little brother Ardie gave a more embarrassing side to the story. (Source: Other)
"I'm not expecting any sort of leniency. We'll see how it goes.
"It's going to be weird; strange coming up against Ardie. He beat me to play with the Barbarians as well. He was part of this team two years ago so this will be pretty cool."
The All Blacks play the Barbarians in Twickenham on Sunday morning at 2:30am NZT.
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