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<blockquote data-quote="ratsapprentice" data-source="post: 658492" data-attributes="member: 67273"><p>You were doubting Kitchener being 6'6"/122kg~ based on Joe Tekori supposedly being the same, when he is clearly much bigger than Kitchener. </p><p></p><p>As I said - I too have doubts about Kitchener being 122, but I don't think it's <em>that</em> wild a figure.</p><p>I'd imagine that Stooke probably hovers just over 120kg in season and gets a bit fat during his time off, 125kg seems right to me.</p><p>I wouldn't call Stooke an outlier at all, he's not very muscular but he's as wide as a barn door, with bit legs.</p><p></p><p>If we compare them to Retallick and Etzebeth (as you have):</p><p></p><p>- Retallick might be a couple of inches taller than they are, but he's not exactly built is he?</p><p>- Etzebeth.... he's a couple of inches bigger and quite a bit more muscular than either Stooke or Kitchener. Definitely lower body fat % than either of them too. If Etzebeth carried around as much fat as Stooke he'd easily be over 130kg, I reckon there's at least 5% difference in BF%, and probably 1 or 2% between Eben and Graham which clearly makes a big difference with guys this heavy.</p><p></p><p>So, I agree Kitchener (if he is 122kg) would be a bit of an outlier - but there are outliers, you'd expect a few freaks in any sport where athleticism is important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratsapprentice, post: 658492, member: 67273"] You were doubting Kitchener being 6'6"/122kg~ based on Joe Tekori supposedly being the same, when he is clearly much bigger than Kitchener. As I said - I too have doubts about Kitchener being 122, but I don't think it's [I]that[/I] wild a figure. I'd imagine that Stooke probably hovers just over 120kg in season and gets a bit fat during his time off, 125kg seems right to me. I wouldn't call Stooke an outlier at all, he's not very muscular but he's as wide as a barn door, with bit legs. If we compare them to Retallick and Etzebeth (as you have): - Retallick might be a couple of inches taller than they are, but he's not exactly built is he? - Etzebeth.... he's a couple of inches bigger and quite a bit more muscular than either Stooke or Kitchener. Definitely lower body fat % than either of them too. If Etzebeth carried around as much fat as Stooke he'd easily be over 130kg, I reckon there's at least 5% difference in BF%, and probably 1 or 2% between Eben and Graham which clearly makes a big difference with guys this heavy. So, I agree Kitchener (if he is 122kg) would be a bit of an outlier - but there are outliers, you'd expect a few freaks in any sport where athleticism is important. [/QUOTE]
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