Super League Website just published the fastest speeds logged for players in 2021

1) Bevan French 35.68 KM/H
2) Lee Kershaw 35.35
3) Joe Burgess 35.32
4) Regan Grace 35.14
5) Tom Briscoe 35.1
6) Ryan Brierley 34.84
7) Matty Ashton 34.78
8 ) Tom Davies 34.63
9) Jake Mamo 34.52
10) Kevin Naiqama 34.45

For those who need to know the old numbers, 35.35km/h is 22 miles an hour

Good lad.

That's quick for a forward.

But yet tom bricoe is 5th while johnstone isnt on the list thats the tom briscoe that johnstone left for dead in the first game of the season

Tom is quick but he’s as much about balance and footwork than raw pace. Doesn’t surprise me totally ax at the end of the day it’s just a moment in a game where you hit a certain speed. Doesn’t say whether a try came from it.

Surprised Arona is not in the list.

Tbf Lee was carrying 3 opposition players on his back when he was timed

He was 11th.

Jokes aside I’ve got Lee down as one of my players of the season.

I still don’t think he will ever be the complete deal as a winger though he’s still pretty good and he could still prove me wrong.

However his work rate is utterly astonishing and his bravery first rate.

As I say he’s not without talent but he’s definitely the perfect example of how sheer effort can take you a long way. He has improved in every facet of his game this season and you can’t ask for more. He may never be TJ but I’d be happy to see Lee on one of the wings for many years to come.

pleasantly surprised - I didn't have LK down as a speed merchant at all!
Must be quicker than he looks.

He's definitely quick off the mark and in a straight line but as we know Trinity rarely gives these kinds of players the opportunity to exploit such gifts. Hence we think of him as a packhorse at times.

Bet he clocked that when he took the intercept at Hull, I remember thinking at the time "Christ he is shifting"

Reminds me of a Tasmanian Devil.
..... In the nicest possible way as a RL player I hasten to add......

Typical Trinity winger, he is strong and robust and gets through loads of work. The mistakes are gradually reducing with the more experience he gets. He can shift in open space, just needs to get that wingers instinct and back himself nearer the line. If he carries on he will become a decent SL winger. Not in the same class as Johnstone, but I dare say he'll play more games in the long run as his body seems more likely to stand up with how we want our backs to play the game.

You mean he's built like a brick launched from a cannon rather than a race horse.
Will help him in the long run.