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Wallaby 40 metre sprint- How fast is fast?

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Stirling Mortlock (74)
Despite apparently being slow, McCabe won the Brumbies' sprint trials at the end of 2009 with 5.02 seconds over 40m.
 
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Andrew Slack (58)
Have the put a Pint down on the halfway line and told Dan Cole to have a go? I reckon he'd snot the lad.

Seriously, speed is just one part of the thing. Stepping, awareness of space are as important. Look at O'Driscoll, He isn't particularly fast but gets through a gap like few others do.
 
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John Solomon (38)
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I think it is almost as fast as the time it took a Samoan winger to move him 40m in a tackle. Poor bastard, I feel sorry for him.
 
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tranquility

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sub 5 is very fast. however as they often used the electric timing gates for this type of thing it can be easy to cheat the test. This is because the 'gate' will only start timing when the athlete crosses the plane of gate, this means that a player can stand 10 metres behind the timer and and will hit the start (0m) at full pace. As opposed to another athlete who starts 1 meter behind the start and is forced to use the first 10 meters of the 40 to build speed.

However regardless, 4.8 is quick. 4.5 is elite sprinter.
 
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Arch Winning (36)
Bet he wanted one tho! twas a feeble attempt at irony, not a crack at nick, as I posted elsewhere I thought he played better than some have given him credit for, not least a try assist.
 
WorkingClassRugger

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Michael Lynagh (62)
Joe Mac said:
Just reading an article about this young English lad (Charlie Sharples) that is expected to be a bolter in their WC squad. It says he is the fastest in the squad and Foden says he is the fastest player he has ever seen.

They say he ran 4.82 seconds for 40 metres and I was wondering how fast that is relative to Rocket Rod and our speedsters?

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/u...rapid-strides-for-england-20110803-1iaq0.html
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Sub 5 is quick but if 4.82 is the fastest Foden has ever seen then he's had his eyes closed. Tuqiri in his heyday recorded a 4.70 something as had Turner and quite a number of the wingers in Super Rugby.
 
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Chilla Wilson (44)
WorkingClassRugger said:
Sub 5 is quick but if 4.82 is the fastest Foden has ever seen then he's had his eyes closed. Tuqiri in his heyday recorded a 4.70 something as had Turner and quite a number of the wingers in Super Rugby.
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Let's hope Foden keeps his eyes closed when the Wallabies come bearing down on him in a kick and chase in the RWC semi...
 
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TOCC

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Slim 293 said:
Despite apparently being slow, McCabe won the Brumbies' sprint trials at the end of 2009 with 5.02 seconds over 40m.
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not hard with blokes like Motlock, Gerrard and Tyrone Smith your competition ;)
 
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Chilla Wilson (44)
Groucho said:
4.59 is authentic scorching territory. Davies has said that Beale is as fast as him over 40m. I hope that's true, and not just humbleness.
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No that's true Phil Kearns also brought that up during the Honkers game last year. Whoever the strength & fitness coach is told Kearns that Rod Davies & Kurtley Beale were the two quickest players in the team.
 
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rugby_man

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That is quite fast actually. I think the fastest ever recorded at the Waratahs is 4.82 by Lote Tuqiri a few years back. Kurtley Beale is very quick as well. He usually won the GPS 100 metres race back in his school days I remember. For Rod Davies to record a 4.59 over 40m is incredible. He, too, was a GPS atheltics champion back in school.
 
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