Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth)
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@antipodean said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@stargazer said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
Before I clicked on that I knew with absolute certainty there'd be "experts" telling Anthony he's wrong. Experts who have never left the earth's surface under their own steam.
Last time I checked, no Aussies have gone into orbit yet..... 🚀 😅
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@taniwharugby said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@nzzp plus you are taught when jumping for a high ball to bring your knee up like that, just the extension of the leg is the problem.
Anyhow...
Just to compare Rieko's speed vs NFL.
Now Rieko didn't have the ball in his hand - but still.
38.5km/h = 23.92 miles per hour
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@kiwimurph And Rieko has to do other things as well!
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@kiwimurph said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@taniwharugby said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@nzzp plus you are taught when jumping for a high ball to bring your knee up like that, just the extension of the leg is the problem.
Anyhow...
Just to compare Rieko's speed vs NFL.
Now Rieko didn't have the ball in his hand - but still.
38.5km/h = 23.92 miles per hour
Not sure I believe he’s as quick as them. Lots of running backs are guys that only just missed out on the 100 metres.
Get a load of how “badly” this guy did.
NFL wide receiver DK Metcalf holds his own on the track in 100-meter dash debut
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf put his speed to the test Sunday, running the 100-meter dash against Olympic hopefuls at a pro track meet.
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@bones said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@mn5 100m is on a track. I can quite easily see how someone slower on a track in sprinting mode could be faster on a field in contact sport mode.
Oh for sure, getting used to running in sprigs etc. It’s not THE most ideal comparison I just remember a show on ESPN going on about the freakish sprint times of NFL wide receivers. I’d just imagine that Reiko ( and Howlett and Rokokoko before him ) would be a tad slower.
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@kiwimurph said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@taniwharugby said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@nzzp plus you are taught when jumping for a high ball to bring your knee up like that, just the extension of the leg is the problem.
Anyhow...
Just to compare Rieko's speed vs NFL.
Now Rieko didn't have the ball in his hand - but still.
38.5km/h = 23.92 miles per hour
Would love to see a race over both 40 metres and 100 metres between Reece, Ioane, Mo’unga, DMac and Barrett.
Rieko has excellent speed.
I was fortunate enough to be able to go to an NFL summer training a few years back and see some of these running backs run over 40 yards without pads and other than seeing sprinters during the 2000 Olympics, I’d never seen speed like it.
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@mn5 said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@kiwimurph said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@taniwharugby said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
@nzzp plus you are taught when jumping for a high ball to bring your knee up like that, just the extension of the leg is the problem.
Anyhow...
Just to compare Rieko's speed vs NFL.
Now Rieko didn't have the ball in his hand - but still.
38.5km/h = 23.92 miles per hour
Not sure I believe he’s as quick as them. Lots of running backs are guys that only just missed out on the 100 metres.
Get a load of how “badly” this guy did.
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf put his speed to the test Sunday, running the 100-meter dash against Olympic hopefuls at a pro track meet.
Apart from some technique issues (i.e. start), he's still training for much the same event. 0.41 seconds to the eventual winner sounds like s tiny margin until you realise the margins involved in a 10 second race. Half a second is aeons. It's uncompetitive.
When people talk about the competitiveness of American sprinters they're effectively talking about New Zealand rugby players; the further you go into the depth, the greater the disparity against the competition. A New Zealand 30th XV would destroy most other nations equivalent selections IMO.
Many years ago working with an American Infantry Division we had an athletic competition. Four x something distance. After the second change we were winning by miles. Their last runner had just missed Olympic qualification so joined the military. He won by pretty much the margin they were behind when he got the baton. He'd have gone to NFL but didn't play football; couldn't catch a ball.
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Interesting seeing how tj was involved in the ozzie tries
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ooh baby
He’s back: Cooper to partner McDermott against Springboks, Bell starts
After 1541 days in the international rugby wilderness, Quade Cooper will be back in a Wallabies jersey this weekend.
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@nostrildamus said in Wallabies vs All Blacks 3 (Perth):
ooh baby
After 1541 days in the international rugby wilderness, Quade Cooper will be back in a Wallabies jersey this weekend.
Too traumatised to face ABs, so now Noah is a mental wreck from the same!
