During the RWC 2011 games this weekend there were quite a few examples of real rugby power and speed.
Kaino from New Zealand is the perfect example of the modern back row forward. He has absolutely amazing power and his hits are some of the biggest in world rugby.
I remember first seeing him play for the [...]
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Rugby World Cup 2011 – Lessons in Rugby Speed & Power from Weekend 3
September 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Power, Speed, World Cup
Tags: biggest rugby tackles·Israel Dagg·Jason Robinson·Jerome Kaino·New Zealand·rugby power·rugby speed·Rugby world cup 2011·RWC 2011
Rugby World Cup 2011 – Week 2 Physical Performance of the Week
September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · World Cup
Like last week the best performance this week comes from the highest ranking teams clash.
The Australia v Ireland game was amazing to watch and I was thrilled for the Irish.
The whole team played well, but in particular the Irish forward pack as a whole were immense. The front row were all exceptional and destroyed [...]
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Lessons in Rugby Power from the RWC 2011 Round 2 Weekend Fixtures
September 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · World Cup
This weekends fixtures in the Rugby World Cup showed yet again how far the lower tier nations have come in the last few years.
Georgia were immense against England. They are now getting to the stage where their raw strength and power is now being expressed in rugby playing terms.
A lot of the former Soviet [...]
Tags: front row power·front row strength·front row technique·Gorgodze·rugby power·rugby strength·Rugby world cup 2011·RWC 2011
Rugby World Cup 2011 Round 1 – Top Physical performance
September 15th, 2011 · No Comments · World Cup
The opening round is all done now and whilst I waited for Wednesday and Thursdays games to pass, before picking my player of the week, the best physical performance had to really come from the clash between the highest ranked teams.
That was, of course, Wales v South Africa and although South africa won the match [...]
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