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[2015 RWC] Warm Up Match: England vs France (15/08/2015)
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<blockquote data-quote="HowieLO6" data-source="post: 739621" data-attributes="member: 52873"><p>Having played both sports, its horses for courses. Those big boys need ballast - 3am alarms to wake and much down gallons of icecream, protein shakes, etc, is not abnormal by any means - in order to fight it out in the trenches. But don't let their soft outershell fool you. Their squats, deadlifts and bench-presses would put even the rattiest of gym rats (looking at Haskell here) to shame, with some vertical jumps (300lbs and able to dunk..?) that defy their doughiness and lack of stamina.</p><p></p><p>They're that size because they have to be. 4-6 seconds of absolute power followed by a break. True, they couldn't handle rugby, but rugby players would struggle to match the explosiveness of football players.</p><p></p><p>Hayden Smith actually stuck with the Jets for a year, which, considering the hundreds of TEs who've played through the college ranks, is no mean feat. Shows its doable for rugby players, although its hard to say why a pro football player would have a crack the other way.</p><p></p><p>But back to the England game; good to see that the praise for SB is tempered (mostly), with the creative nous of Slade given the deserved praise. That said, Dawson does seem to have it in for Sam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HowieLO6, post: 739621, member: 52873"] Having played both sports, its horses for courses. Those big boys need ballast - 3am alarms to wake and much down gallons of icecream, protein shakes, etc, is not abnormal by any means - in order to fight it out in the trenches. But don't let their soft outershell fool you. Their squats, deadlifts and bench-presses would put even the rattiest of gym rats (looking at Haskell here) to shame, with some vertical jumps (300lbs and able to dunk..?) that defy their doughiness and lack of stamina. They're that size because they have to be. 4-6 seconds of absolute power followed by a break. True, they couldn't handle rugby, but rugby players would struggle to match the explosiveness of football players. Hayden Smith actually stuck with the Jets for a year, which, considering the hundreds of TEs who've played through the college ranks, is no mean feat. Shows its doable for rugby players, although its hard to say why a pro football player would have a crack the other way. But back to the England game; good to see that the praise for SB is tempered (mostly), with the creative nous of Slade given the deserved praise. That said, Dawson does seem to have it in for Sam. [/QUOTE]
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