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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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rugby World Cup 2011 Opening Weekend….Top physical performances!

September 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

With the fist round of matches completed and the first look at the players in most of the teams there were a couple of stand out performances and physical displays that need highlighting.
Firstly, the most dangerous looking speedster!…(and it wasn’t him!)
As I’ve talked about before, speed is the hardest of the physical attributes to defend [...]

Guinness Premiership Playoffs Showcase Rugby Power And Rugby Speed From Forwards

May 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Power, Speed

After some awesome displays of forward rugby speed and rugby power over the weekend, here’s my top 3 demonstrations of power and pace from forwards in the Guinness Premiership Playoffs.
In reverse order,
At No. 3….Roger Wilson’s bullocking run from a snaffled line-out take against Saracens. He showed both power and pace to get away from the [...]

French Rugby Speed Merchant – Marc Andreu

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · General Debates

For anyone who watched the RBS six nations match between France and Italy at the weekend would have seen another example of what I was talking about in this post – http://www.fit4rugby.com/the-athlete-debate/
Now at only 5ft 5in and only 12st Marc Andreu would probably be considered by most rugby enthusiasts to be too diminutive for the [...]