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| Quote: stpatricks "For the oldies he was on Superstars, although not a rugby player I remember Supermac Malcolm Macdonald being one of the fastest on that show. They claimed at the time that his time for the 100 was one of the fastest in Europe'"
Didn’t Drummond break that record?
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If only you had an implant in your brain to raise your level of thinking to that of the average moron.
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| Imagine if Martin had been injected with cheetah dna? How fast would he have been?
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| Quote: The_Enforcer "If only you had an implant in your brain to raise your level of thinking to that of the average moron.'"
I think you've finally cracked it professor! If we combine your well respected theories, we could inject part of Brad Fittler's brain into Joe Greenwood, combined with cheetah DNA and the coaching of Kelvin Skerrett, he could become an unstoppable rugby league legend. You wouldn't have to recommend we concede games then!
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| Quote: JonnyBroad "Imagine if Martin had been injected with cheetah dna? How fast would he have been?'"
Not as fast as he was?
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| Quote: Pieman "Didn’t Drummond break that record?'"
I had forgotten Drummond won a sprint on superstars - wikipedia "Drummond's rise to celebrity status was precipitated by his performances in the televised all-around sports competition Superstars, finishing second in the 1983 Series final,[13] and clocking a world competition record 10.85 seconds for the 100 metres (noted Great Britain rugby league speedster Martin Offiah was reported to have recorded a hand held 10.8 seconds for the 100, showing just how fast Drummond was)."
Didnt Mark Forster win a sprint comp at central park. They had a sprint on SKY RL in recent times with a rep from every team, there was a cumbrian lad expected to win it I cant remember who did.
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| Quote: stpatricks "For the oldies he was on Superstars, although not a rugby player I remember Supermac Malcolm Macdonald being one of the fastest on that show. They claimed at the time that his time for the 100 was one of the fastest in Europe'"
Keith Fielding I think won the Champion of Champions on Superstars.
if he wasn't the fastest ever on Superstars he must have been very high in the pecking order.
I remember seeing him at Central Park in I think the late 60's and he scored 2 absolute belters. I recall thinking when I first saw Offiah was he quicker than Fielding because the two of them are the fastest guys I can recall on a rugby pitch.
Neither Fielding or Offiah would get a game today in SL because they didn't do the "hard yards"
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| Quote: stpatricks "I had forgotten Drummond won a sprint on superstars - wikipedia "Drummond's rise to celebrity status was precipitated by his performances in the televised all-around sports competition Superstars, finishing second in the 1983 Series final,[13] and clocking a world competition record 10.85 seconds for the 100 metres (noted Great Britain rugby league speedster Martin Offiah was reported to have recorded a hand held 10.8 seconds for the 100, showing just how fast Drummond was)."
Didnt Mark Forster win a sprint comp at central park. They had a sprint on SKY RL in recent times with a rep from every team, there was a cumbrian lad expected to win it I cant remember who did.'"
craig calvert?
I was at CP when Offiah stuffed them all including Eddy Mafie, then saw albert stuff them all at Robin Park, we sent Liam Colbon for that although we had Carney and Dallas, Joe Lydon beat Drummond on the pitch
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| Quote: Pieman "craig calvert?
I was at CP when Offiah stuffed them all including Eddy Mafie, then saw albert stuff them all at Robin Park, we sent Liam Colbon for that although we had Carney and Dallas, Joe Lydon beat Drummond on the pitch'"
Lydon was fast he never looked like he was trying, Calvert was the player I was thinking of. One of the tries that stands out for me was Joel Tomkins for England against the exiles at Headingley length of the field interception never looked like getting run down.
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| had good pace Joel for a forward
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| Good interesting thread, and jogged my memory with regard to RL players and BBC's Superstars (I'm not going to get that tune out of my head now!). Offiah was the quickest I've seen, but certainly Fielding, Drummond and others mentioned also had pace.
One that comes to mind in the P&B, is Richard Henare, who looked very rapid but didn't have the durability of the others.
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| Les Quirk had good pace too at Saints
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NZ Junior 100m Champion 10.4 seconds.
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| Quote: MattyB "Gary Henley-Smith
NZ Junior 100m Champion 10.4 seconds.'"
One of the fastest players in and out of Wigan. He must have a chapter in the worst ever signings book.
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| Quote: stpatricks "One of the fastest players in and out of Wigan. He must have a chapter in the worst ever signings book.'"
Just above Paul Koloi
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