Race lines up NRL's quick men

[stormbati]

Will Covell be fit for the race?

Lol

 

[One Warrior]

Hopefully Locke will be fit the race.

 

[The Dodger]

nathan gardner will give uit a red hot go but isaac gordon from the sharks is much quicker.

the try gardner scored when he ran the field, ike was behind him the whole way cruising along.

most of the fast breaks made against the sharks have usually been chased down by him, regardless of where on the field he is, he will catch them.

he has also scored a length of the field try and from what i remember, he cleared away from everyone by the time he hit the half way line.

if ike was racing, i would have my money on him.

but agreed, gordon from the titans will probably win thsi hands down.

 

[C1WGA]

Not sure if I agree with having a race on the track either...They should line up the fastest from each club in full footy gear along the tryline and let them cut loose to the other tryline....100m

Can't work out why Hayne is in the race apparently Grothe & Luke Burt are both faster over 100m.

Although I think Kevin Gordon is the fastest, Issac Gordon does look fast as well.

 

[aussie7798]

Not sure if I agree with having a race on the track either...They should line up the fastest from each club in full footy gear along the tryline and let them cut loose to the other tryline....100m

Can't work out why Hayne is in the race apparently Grothe & Luke Burt are both faster over 100m.

Although I think Kevin Gordon is the fastest, Issac Gordon does look fast as well.

Should be from a standing start as well coming out of the blocks will neagate the advantage of guys like soward who are explosive off the mark

It will also reward those guys who have done athletics training

 

[fourplay]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...eels-star-jarryd/story-e6frexnr-1225890498044

As revealed in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph, Bolt, the fastest man in the world, will arrive in Sydney for the Competitive Edge All Stars Event at Sydney Olympic Park on September 15.
A sprint race, called the Gatorade Bolt, involving all four major football codes of NRL, AFL, A-League and rugby union will feature on the night with Bolt eager to take part in the race.Organisers have so far locked Hayne, Melbourne Storm star Greg Inglis and Cronulla's young flyer Nathan Gardner in for the 100m dash.

Anyone know why Nathan Gardner been guaranteed a spot in the race? Does he have a sprint background or something? It looks like AFL, union and soccer will now also take part in the race. :roll:

 

[dogz08]

ffs why have all the footy codes?

 

[Big Mick]

Oh FFS.

Whats the bet one of the new "african" players from GWS represent them for PR.

FMD...its our idea...lets keep it to ourselves FFS

 

[nrlnrl]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...eels-star-jarryd/story-e6frexnr-1225890498044
Anyone know why Nathan Gardner been guaranteed a spot in the race? Does he have a sprint background or something? It looks like AFL, union and soccer will now also take part in the race. :roll:

It's not going to be "the fastest man in league" event people think - players from teams still in the comp won't run & other codes are involved.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

They are going to butcher this thing. Hayne, Inglis, Gardner= not in the top 10

 

[hellteam]

They are going to butcher this thing. Hayne, Inglis, Gardner= not in the top 10

I disagree, I reckon they both are.

 

[perverse]

yep, they are murdering this concept. why the f**k are the other codes getting to jump on board ffs?

if we're going to be competing against the other codes, then we have to select our fastest, not our most popular such as Hayne and Inglis. Aku Uate and Kevin Gordon at the VERY least must get a look in.

 

[fourplay]

The fastest would probably be someone in Toyota Cup... 18-20 years old... full of speed and flexibility and haven't bulked up yet with all the extra weight. Since it's against other codes we should use them.

Anyway, the NRL is useless. Let's be honest though, the NRL had absolutely nothing to do with this event. They do not have the foresight, creativity, or motivation to think about let alone organise a fastest man in league race. It could come out in the news tomorrow that the race will now be comprised of only rugby union, soccer and AFL players only and you still wouldn't hear a peep from the NRL admin.

An intelligent NRL administration would have made themselves a part of the event and whole negotiation process from the beginning, co-running and co-promoting the event with Hayden Knowles and whatever athletics body. It's only the NRL's apathy and reluctance to do anything other than the absolutely ordinary and essential that we even find ourselves in a position where the race can be hijacked by other codes.

 

[DeeJ]

They are going to butcher this thing. Hayne, Inglis, Gardner= not in the top 10

Gotta have a compromise between speedsters and stars.

 

[88.Knights]

They are going to butcher this thing. Hayne, Inglis, Gardner= not in the top 10

hayne and inglis for sure, don't even know why there getting mentioned in a sprint race, gardner maybe. the other codes should piss the hell off, ruined now. but anyway should definately have the fastest in nrl now- uate, k gordon, locke, i gordon, lawrence. putting hayne in it will just embarass nrl.

 

[Serc]

wtf?

They sure are butchering the concept...though Inglis I am ok enough with.

You can call me biased but if we are going to have a traditional sprint race (and given the fact the Knights are not hugely likely to make the 8), Uate is a must if we are going to have only 4 guys from the NRL, as he will have some brief time to train up for it, and has a sprinting background.

 

[MacDougall]

lol what when he out ran Cam Smith? How impressive :roll:

You're the biggest f'n troll on Earth. Go back in your hole you pissant.

 

[hellteam]

wtf?

They sure are butchering the concept...though Inglis I am ok enough with.

You can call me biased but if we are going to have a traditional sprint race (and given the fact the Knights are not hugely likely to make the 8), Uate is a must if we are going to have only 4 guys from the NRL, as he will have some brief time to train up for it, and has a sprinting background.

Hayne has a sprinting background too. I have no doubt he is one of the top 4 fastest in the game. Did you see his pace last night when he got in the clear? Hayne and Inglis run within themselves, they run as fast as they need to.

Hayne would flog Gardener over 100m.

 

[Paullyboy]

This event lost all of my interest the second I saw it involved other codes. Seriously, this was our event, how the freak did we c**k it up and give everyone else free publicity?

 

[Light Reflections]

So what, now there's only going to be like three or four league players? f**k me.