Fastest Now - Ben Barba, David Mead, Kevin Locke, Nathan Gardner. All as fast as buggery.
Fastest Ever - Larry Corowa, Ken Irvine, Martin Offiah, Mike Cleary.
This.
Irvine probably the all time title holder.
I remember people saying some c**k from 5ouffs was faster, joven clarke or something like that.
Unfortunately the topic refers to the "fastest football player" indicating you need to be able to play the game.
Irvine was a rep level player with two titles to his name and the all time try scoring record which very few have got near, he was also named in the team of the century on the wing and at number 10 in the list of the games greatest 100 players in 1999.
joven was some nuffie who got a go in one of the shittiest club sides of all time because he had some speed and they had no one to stand near the touchline, he played f**k all games and was shit.
Considering Irvine has been dead for about 21 years now and Clarke is off the radar, comparisons are hard, but if Irvine were around today and utilising modern training methods and supplements it may be a fair call to say he could reproduce his feats in the modern game.
Bring on genetic cloning from remains I say.