24 Nov 2016

Adidas faux pas - Julian Savea or Malakai Fekitoa?

10:51 am on 24 November 2016

Major All Black sponsors Adidas appear to have made an embarassing blunder ahead of the side's final test of the year against France in Paris.

In a promotional social media video put out by the company, winger Julian Savea says, "I'm Julian Savea and on November 26th I will take on Paris"

A screen grab of the Julian Savea video from Adidas shows footage of Malakai Fekitoa

Mais non - je suis Malakai Fekitoa! Photo: Twitter

But, amid the special effects and fast video cuts of the 15 second video, the rugby footage is of Malakai Fekitoa.

Watch the video here.

Savea has linked to the video on his Instagram account and it has already had over 12,000 views.

Adidas seems to have struggled to tell apart the two All Blacks of Polynesian heritage, while another embarassing factor is that Fekitoa has been suspended for the French test.

Fekitoa was found guilty of dangerous play after making a high tackle in the win over Ireland at the weekend.