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Originally posted by dyniol53 dyniol53 wrote:

It’s funny isn’t it, cause it’s so rare you get an absolute footrace in rugby, I wonder how they measure agility / balance. 

Cause some of the best runners in the game aren’t express but sort of have this ability to glide past tacklers - Dan Carter was one, Sanjay, Redpath has a bit of it.

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Few random fliers from back in the day, elgan rees, clive rees, anthony sullivan
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Jiffy out paced the nz defence from
80 yards out includuing terry wright for a try out in nz and gassed andrew leeds for a try at wembley vs the aussies in rugby lge v impressive. Roy is right sullivan a flyer to and his old man was
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Originally posted by Wil Chips Wil Chips wrote:

Originally posted by roy munster roy munster wrote:

Originally posted by Wil Chips Wil Chips wrote:

Standard test was over 40 mts.

For Scarlets...

Dale Ford - 4.84
Scott Williams 4.87
George North 4.97


wow stunned by this, dale ford ? whod have thought and also scott beating north. How quick was prime foxy over 40m?
Ill throw in a curveball, steve bowling used to do my gas meter and he claimed he was neck and neck with jiffy and ieuan in trainingSmile



Foxy and North carry a few more kgs..

Dale was a real shifter, as was Lee Rees. Both still playing in the Prem. Dale suffered terribly from poor injury luck ( leg fractures)...loved watching him run....he was like Morgan Stoddard meets Ieuan Evans.

I always liked watching Dale Ford, name I haven’t heard in years!
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Stoddart was mighty quick too
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Originally posted by dyniol53 dyniol53 wrote:

It’s funny isn’t it, cause it’s so rare you get an absolute footrace in rugby, I wonder how they measure agility / balance. 

Cause some of the best runners in the game aren’t express but sort of have this ability to glide past tacklers - Dan Carter was one, Sanjay, Redpath has a bit of it.

That's right, isn't it? No-one would put Jac Morgan into this 'race', but the try he scored last week needed balance, strength, and hand-off ability in addition to speed... I always feel let down when someone with superb physical attributes, such as speed, fail to score by running poor lines. They don't seem to possess much 'geometry' or a snooker brain!
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One name missing who was faster than JJ over about 30/40 yards was Phil Bennet.

I played with Clive Rees and he was fast, but he also said that many sprinters were not so quick over the first x yards, but powered through on the final 50. 

But what do I know I was a fat prop.
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Originally posted by Dai38 Dai38 wrote:

One name missing who was faster than JJ over about 30/40 yards was Phil Bennet.

I played with Clive Rees and he was fast, but he also said that many sprinters were not so quick over the first x yards, but powered through on the final 50. 

But what do I know I was a fat prop.

Billy Whizz (Rees) was seriously quick... but he's right - when you look at 100m sprints, they are often won in the final 20-30m by someone who really gets his/her wheels going towards the end. 

In rugby, it's usually more often the player who is very quick off the mark, and who can sprint for 25-40m, who can make a difference. Cawdor is a rare beast in that he can sustain his sprint for 80m or so, which is why he's scored so many intercept tries against top class - and fast - opponents.
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Originally posted by Dai38 Dai38 wrote:

One name missing who was faster than JJ over about 30/40 yards was Phil Bennet.

I played with Clive Rees and he was fast, but he also said that many sprinters were not so quick over the first x yards, but powered through on the final 50. 

But what do I know I was a fat prop.

Benny could certainly shift - I was looking for a try scored for Lions v SA, where his speed was crucial to the result, but came across this wonderful compilation - the Lions try is there ,right at the end. (By god, this brought a smile to my face!):
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Wayne Proctor was quick.  He was a good 400m hurdler   Chris Higgs ex Neath was quick too 

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Hard to measure king benny as he never ran in a straight line lol
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Originally posted by LLANDRE LLANDRE wrote:

Wayne Proctor was quick.  He was a good 400m hurdler   Chris Biggs ex Neath was quick too 

Biggs was a former hurdler,I think,too?


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Chris Higgs rather.  He  was a 10.9 100m man.  
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Originally posted by RR1972 RR1972 wrote:

Jiffy out paced the nz defence from
80 yards out includuing terry wright for a try out in nz and gassed andrew leeds for a try at wembley vs the aussies in rugby lge v impressive. Roy is right sullivan a flyer to and his old man was

Brett Mullins was Oz fullback at Wembley.
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[QUOTE=LLANDRE]Chris Higgs rather.  He  was a 10.9 100m man.   [/QUOTE

Higgs!]Yes,very quick.
Going back a bit further,Luc Evans the full-back could shift..
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