Fastest AFL Player?

[BIGBEZ]

I don’t care as much about 100m track times and I do about how quick players run to or with the ball or the man. I haven’t seen anyone that looks as quick as Aaron Davey. His brother might be close.

Fair point, definately makes a difference, also the ability to stop, turn and ball disposal!

I couldnt imagine the likes of Matt Sirvington putting the ball to his foot at full stride!

 

[Bloben]

Fair point, definately makes a difference, also the ability to stop, turn and ball disposal!

I couldnt imagine the likes of Matt Sirvington putting the ball to his foot at full stride!

Which funnily enough is a criticism of Rusling. He can break into amazing speed on the lead but if the ball goes to ground he has a turning circle of the QE2. Also I have never seen him yet get the ball in the centre and run with speed as a midfielder.

A lot of Rusling's critics have called him a one-trick pony. I say that if your one trick is that good it doesn't matter - if he can lead at pace and take lots of marks inside 50 (and learn how to kick) he will be very useful as a complement to Rocca, Cloke and the small forwards

 

[blitzer]

Jesus. It's a well known fact that Essendon has a midfield that is treacle slow. Richmond are the same. As for Houli being fast over a long distance, well so is Timmy Clarke, but it doesn't mean he is going to be any use over 20 metres when it is most needed.

Some people overrate the ability of those on their list.

It's amazing how there is no link between Essendon's midfield being slow and the following players all being injured for significant periods of the season: dempsey, winderlich, davey, lovett, NLM, Jetta and Stanton. WOW! Geez Essendon have such a slow midfield, when all their young and speedy midfielders are out. Could there be a correlation? Honestly the amount of people that critique Essendon's list with absolutely no knowledge beyond the little they gain when their own team plays them once or twice a year is staggering.

 

[BIGBEZ]

Which funnily enough is a criticism of Rusling. He can break into amazing speed on the lead but if the ball goes to ground he has a turning circle of the QE2. Also I have never seen him yet get the ball in the centre and run with speed as a midfielder.

A lot of Rusling's critics have called him a one-trick pony. I say that if your one trick is that good it doesn't matter - if he can lead at pace and take lots of marks inside 50 (and learn how to kick) he will be very useful as a complement to Rocca, Cloke and the small forwards

I havnet seen enough of Rusling to comment, also just adding to the thread, Matthew Richardson(all 100+kg's) was the fastest at the club over the 100m, dont know if he still is!

 

[MarkT]

A lot of Rusling's critics have called him a one-trick pony. I say that if your one trick is that good it doesn't matter - if he can lead at pace and take lots of marks inside 50 (and learn how to kick) he will be very useful as a complement to Rocca, Cloke and the small forwards

...…when we are playing well. However when we aren’t playing well or his confidence is down a bit it could mean he is all or nothing. If you want to be a top line forward you have to chase and tackle, win the ground ball, kick snap goals etc. IF[/] Rusling is a one trick pony then he is prime trade material before everyone knows it. He does look a bit one dimensional to me. Hine and co have to make the judgement on his talents. All the talk of trading Rusling is moot though. MM is a fan and that means he stays.

 

[Bloben]

...…when we are playing well. However when we aren’t playing well or his confidence is down a bit it could mean he is all or nothing. If you want to be a top line forward you have to chase and tackle, win the ground ball, kick snap goals etc. IF[/] Rusling is a one trick pony then he is prime trade material before everyone knows it. He does look a bit one dimensional to me. Hine and co have to make the judgement on his talents. All the talk of trading Rusling is moot though. MM is a fan and that means he stays.

I agree he would be the highest priced player that we would consider trading but I am hoping he stays for he adds something different to our forward line set up.

Also on the one dimension thing, I have kept a close eye on him since coming back from injury this year and I am not convinced he isnt doing the defensive things. I know in 2005 Gosch said that was his biggest weakness but so far in 2007 it seems he has made some changes to that side of his game.

 

[one_twelve112]

I asked you a question, so answer it

I dont care if your guy is super quick, if hes super useless

The Thread asks fastest player. I assumed from the first 15 posts that the creator of the thread was asking who is the fastest RUNNER in the AFL not thinker, or dishwasher or fastest to complete a Sodoku puzzle, hence my answer Clint Benjamin. Go back to the start, read through and you may actually get the gist of what this thread is about.
As far as I know. Clints pet event is the 800m, followed by 400m then the 100m sprint. Apparently, he can run 100m in sub - 10.5 seconds. If you have a dig around, you will find this to be true.

 

[saj_21]

2006 NAB Draft Camp

20-metre sprint
Nathan Krakouer - 2.83 sec
Nathan Djerrkura - 2.90 sec
Nathan Brown - 2.91 sec
Simon Hogan - 2.91 sec
Brock O'Brien - 2.92 sec
Shaun Grigg - 2.92 sec
Ben Reid - 2.93 sec
Ben Ross - 2.94 sec
Clint Benjamin - 2.95 sec
Travis Boak - 2.96 sec

 

[Moti]

It's amazing how there is no link between Essendon's midfield being slow and the following players all being injured for significant periods of the season: dempsey, winderlich, davey, lovett, NLM, Jetta and Stanton. WOW! Geez Essendon have such a slow midfield, when all their young and speedy midfielders are out. Could there be a correlation? Honestly the amount of people that critique Essendon's list with absolutely no knowledge beyond the little they gain when their own team plays them once or twice a year is staggering.

Thats like saying the Roos have a quick midfield because we have Harding, Campbell, Thomas, Wells, harvey ......

The fact is, not one of those Essendon players, perhaps Lovett but as a second stringer, would be called a midfielder. It is fine to have fast players forward, but if you don't have them in the middle of the ground, the ball doesn't get down there that much.

 

[Asty]

Sorry my mistake. 10.8. Pathetic.

I have found references to Kane Tenace running 10.6 and a 10.3 as a 17 y/old guess that rules your man out with a very slow 10.8.

Btw I doubt Kane could run those times now due to different body shape for afl footy.

 

[Moti]

It is so subjective it is not funny. I saw Jesse Smith catch and run alongside Lovett earlier this year and he also kept up with Davey (in the game that killed his ankle) without any issue. Campbell another from the Roos.

Judd would be the most powerful.

Wojinski is quick but I could have burned off the Roos on Sunday, no one really chased him.

I think there are groups of players you could do, but an individual is just so hard..

 

[SOT4]

Thats like saying the Roos have a quick midfield because we have Harding, Campbell, Thomas, Wells, harvey ......

The fact is, not one of those Essendon players, perhaps Lovett but as a second stringer, would be called a midfielder. It is fine to have fast players forward, but if you don't have them in the middle of the ground, the ball doesn't get down there that much.

Why do you comment on Essendon when you dont watch their games? Winderlich and Stanton are both keys to our midfield. Lovett is also a midfielder- in his last game he picked up something like 28 possessions playing in the midfield. Dempsey can play HBF but he is a mdfielder, just been crippled by injuries as have a lot fo those guys. Of those mentioned only NLM and probably Davey will not play midfield in the next year or two. Essendon didn't have a quick midfield because all of the fast guys all suffered injuries at different times so weren't able to get on the park together.

But anyway, this isn't a thread about Essendon. I didn't realise Rusling had clocked 10.65. If that was a legal tailwind and electric timing it would put him in the top 2 of U20 sprinters in Australia.

 

[ecleftic]

Have a look at this article.

Actually clocked at 10.65

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,15418202-23211,00.html

Rubbish, that is not a link to a correctly timed electronic athletics result it is a link to a news article. Football clubs and newspaper articles often rave on about footballers running low 10+sec 100m but it just doesn't happen. Usually times are taken from school athletic events with amateur hand times that are probably 2 or more seconds out. Point me to the link, from a credible source ie Athletics Australia, that shows the fantastic times run by Rusling or any other footballer?
Reason for footballers losing pace is they are undertaking football specific training as opposed to sprint training.

Go CATS!!

 

[old_clint]

I have found references to Kane Tenace running 10.6 and a 10.3 as a 17 y/old guess that rules your man out with a very slow 10.8.

Btw I doubt Kane could run those times now due to different body shape for afl footy.

Absolute poppycock. A 10.3 performance as a 17 y.o. would have him in the world top 10. You have no idea.

 

[BIGBEZ]

Absolute poppycock. A 10.3 performance as a 17 y.o. would have him in the world top 10. You have no idea.

Must have been a HUGE tailwind!

 

[Bloben]

Rubbish, that is not a link to a correctly timed electronic athletics result it is a link to a news article. Football clubs and newspaper articles often rave on about footballers running low 10+sec 100m but it just doesn't happen. Usually times are taken from school athletic events with amateur hand times that are probably 2 or more seconds out. Point me to the link, from a credible source ie Athletics Australia, that shows the fantastic times run by Rusling or any other footballer?
Reason for footballers losing pace is they are undertaking football specific training as opposed to sprint training.

Go CATS!!

haha

Some people take things a little too seriously.

I am not trying to prove he should have won gold at Athens or anything only that he is fast.

I am sure that this clocked time was not taken under strict athletic conditions however I would hope that a stopwatch counting to 10.6 seconds would not be 2 seconds out otherwise the sports education budget in South Australia needs to be seriously looked at

 

[ecleftic]

haha

Some people take things a little too seriously.

I am not trying to prove he should have won gold at Athens or anything only that he is fast.

I am sure that this clocked time was not taken under strict athletic conditions however I would hope that a stopwatch counting to 10.6 seconds would not be 2 seconds out otherwise the sports education budget in South Australia needs to be seriously looked at[/QUOTE]
The problem is not the stopwatch it's the person using it ... usually a teacher or parent who uses it maybe once a year!


Go CATS!

 

[Gopies 2002]

...…when we are playing well. However when we aren’t playing well or his confidence is down a bit it could mean he is all or nothing. If you want to be a top line forward you have to chase and tackle, win the ground ball, kick snap goals etc. IF[/] Rusling is a one trick pony then he is prime trade material before everyone knows it. He does look a bit one dimensional to me. Hine and co have to make the judgement on his talents. All the talk of trading Rusling is moot though. MM is a fan and that means he stays.

Against the Swans he looked pretty good below his knees. He also looked pretty good in contested marking situations. I know we have Reid coming through who could probably play a similar role, but trade Rusling and it could come back to bite us.

 

[Power King]

2006 NAB Draft Camp

20-metre sprint
Nathan Krakouer - 2.83 sec
Nathan Djerrkura - 2.90 sec
Nathan Brown - 2.91 sec
Simon Hogan - 2.91 sec
Brock O'Brien - 2.92 sec
Shaun Grigg - 2.92 sec
Ben Reid - 2.93 sec
Ben Ross - 2.94 sec
Clint Benjamin - 2.95 sec
Travis Boak - 2.96 sec

^yep, told ya about the Krak. we have two players from this list, who have the potential and talent to become absolute mother****in STARS

 

[__Ron_]

I think matty campbell from the roos would suprise everyone if he was ever given the cahnce in the 100m GF sprint, kangas always choose someone like Shannon Watt, who is quick but wouldnt be quiker than someone like wells or campbell


Watch this vid if you want to see a bit of speed, ex swans player robbie ahmat putting the after burners on, its amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ9T5l6nlqA

Bruce says "Hes running faster then the footy" ... lol

Yep, Robbie Ahmat was flying that day, wins hands down.

 

[The Passenger]

i'm pretty sure over 100m James Walker is the fastest. Wasn't he a WA underage champion over the distance or something??

But you wouldn't neccesarilly think of him because he doesnt' execute his skills at that sort of pace.

But more important in footy is your speed over 20m which would include the likes of Judd, Krakour, Davey, Wojcinski etc,.

 

[Phhht]

20m sprint draft camp results

All time

1st B Moran - 2.78 sec (200cm tall + 103KG)
2nd D Pearce - 2.79 sec
3rd N Krakouer - 2.83 sec

2003 Draft Camp
M Pettigrew 1st - 2.85 sec


And during our preseason training/testing, P Burgoyne beat everyone at Port, even though he is 29yo

 

[Thommo 42]

I'll split into 3 categories.

Quickest off the mark (accelleration to top speed) I'd have to say Nathan Foley, he is electric!

Quickest bloke on a football field (running down the wing with the footy for example) Deledio, Davey or Wojak

Quickest track sprinter (100m) Rusling

Edit: Research tells me that Rusling has the 2nd fastest recorded 100m time by an AFL listed player, behind Kane Tenace. Both were Australian Age Champions over 100m

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

I'll split into 3 categories.

Quickest off the mark (accelleration to top speed) I'd have to say Nathan Foley, he is electric!

Quickest bloke on a football field (running down the wing with the footy for example) Deledio, Davey or Wojak

Quickest track sprinter (100m) Rusling

Edit: Research tells me that Rusling has the 2nd fastest recorded 100m time by an AFL listed player, behind Kane Tenace. Both were Australian Age Champions over 100m

I knew Tenace was quick. I was surprised that I was the first to mention him. He is in Wojo's shadow, so much so that Geelong fans haven't even thrown his name up.

 

[hellfire]

^yep, told ya about the Krak. we have two players from this list, who have the potential and talent to become absolute mother****in STARS

We have 2 KPPs from that list.