General Rugby Discussion II

Squidgy Black

Healy has said he can bench more than Porter and holds the record in the Irish camps. Porter's strength was always squats, holds a PB of something mental like 350kg

Buer

Will Genia WTF.

Squidgy Black

Buer wrote: »

Will Genia WTF.

Did two reps as well apparently

Bazzo

Buer wrote: »

Will Genia WTF.

Never mind that, ROG has apparently smashed the world record.

sydthebeat

some questionable figures there.. even apart from the ROG attempt at humour.

did the beast just not give a fcuk ??

Bazzo

sydthebeat wrote: »

some questionable figures there.. even apart from the ROG attempt at humour.

did the beast just not give a fcuk ??

I doubt a huge amount of rugby players are pushing themselves for verified one rep max records

Yeah_Right

I can't believe Ben Tameifuna can't even lift his own body weight. Lazy bugger.

Buer

Bazzo wrote: »

I doubt a huge amount of rugby players are pushing themselves for verified one rep max records

Indeed. I recall Josh Lewsey who was famously a fitness maniac was asked about his max rep. He said he hadn't done any bench press in a couple of years. Only did dumbell press on a gym ball.

Eod100

What do ye reckon? Sensible, off the wall, or just so crazy it could actually work?

https://twitter.com/andymcgeady/status/1255538346497015808

salmocab

Eod100 wrote: »

What do ye reckon? Sensible, off the wall, or just so crazy it could actually work?

https://twitter.com/andymcgeady/status/1255538346497015808

The clubs and unions need money soon not in a years time

Eod100

salmocab wrote: »

The clubs and unions need money soon not in a years time

Sure but not sure where money will come from either way until matches can be played. It's staring to look like September may be soon for new season to start but think it would be delayed a bit rather than until February if that was the case tbh.

Dave_The_Sheep

Saracens wouldn't miss a season in Europe (if they won it in "this" 19/21 year) in that case.

So I'm against it for that reason alone.

salmocab

Eod100 wrote: »

Sure but not sure where money will come from either way until matches can be played. It's staring to look like September may be soon for new season to start but think it would be delayed a bit rather than until February if that was the case tbh.

Matches may start in the autumn behind closed doors with at least tv and sponsorship money coming in. Hard to know when exactly but it will be as soon as its feasible they won’t wait beyond when they have to.

Quin_Dub

Eod100 wrote: »

What do ye reckon? Sensible, off the wall, or just so crazy it could actually work?

https://twitter.com/andymcgeady/status/1255538346497015808

salmocab wrote: »

The clubs and unions need money soon not in a years time

It could work..

Throw in a short knock-out competition for each league from Oct - Jan/Feb that would give clubs between 8 and 10 fixtures each.

They could have Bowl and Plate Competitions to keep everyone playing . Think like a 7's Series tournament but spread out over 10/12 weeks instead of 2/3 days

And then finish out the current season from late February or whenever.

Quin_Dub

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Saracens wouldn't miss a season in Europe (if they won it in "this" 19/21 year) in that case.

So I'm against it for that reason alone.

Yes they will - They are relegated no matter what and even if they won it they can't play in it from outside the Premiership.

Eod100

salmocab wrote: »

Matches may start in the autumn behind closed doors with at least tv and sponsorship money coming in. Hard to know when exactly but it will be as soon as its feasible they won’t wait beyond when they have to.

I'm not sure could I see behind closed doors happening. Maybe in Premiership but hard to see it happening with Pro14 with teams from 5 countries. Issues around travel too of course for short term.

Dave_The_Sheep

Quin_Dub wrote: »

Yes they will - They are relegated no matter what and even if they won it they can't play in it from outside the Premiership.

Ah I misread, apologies. I thought it was just Europe that would be continuing next year. Correct indeed!

Objection withdrawn.

salmocab

Eod100 wrote: »

I'm not sure could I see behind closed doors happening. Maybe in Premiership but hard to see it happening with Pro14 with teams from 5 countries. Issues around travel too of course for short term.

Yeah very hard to organize but my point was they will do it as soon as they can they won’t wait until a date next year if they can at all organize it this year.

Eod100

salmocab wrote: »

Yeah very hard to organize but my point was they will do it as soon as they can they won’t wait until a date next year if they can at all organize it this year.

Ah yeah that makes sense alright!

irishbucsfan

salmocab wrote: »

The clubs and unions need money soon not in a years time

They can plan on a February resumption and then if there is a lifting of restrictions before that play a shorter winter series to fill in time.

There was kind of a precedent for this recently in women’s soccer a couple of years ago, when the English league moved to a winter season from a summer season which would have left them with a huge gap, they played a “summer series” where everyone played everyone else once. There’s plenty of scope for an extended competitive pre-season to lead into a February restart of all competitions.

mfceiling

sydthebeat wrote: »

some questionable figures there.. even apart from the ROG attempt at humour.

did the beast just not give a fcuk ??

I actually posted similar on Twitter. Genia benching the same as The Beast? Hardly.

troyzer

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Saw this on Planet Rugby forum. List of highest bench press by rugby players from an article on the NZ Herald.

Ronan O'Gara (Munster) 360kg

Gheorghe Gajion (Ospreys) 230kg

Aled de Malmanche (Stade Francis, retired) 220kg

Andrew Sheridan (Sale Shark, retired) 215kg

Alfie To'oala Vaeluaga (Samoa) 210kg

WillGriff John (Sale Sharks) 210kg

Max Lahiff (Bristol Bears) 210kg

Nicky Smith (Ospreys) 200kg

Rory Sutherland (Edinburgh) 200kg

Jon Welsh (Newcastle Falcons) 200kg

Tom Court (Ulster, retired) 200kg

Jack Whetton (Highlanders) 200kg

Ben Tameifuna (Racing 92) 190kg

Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers) 190kg

Siate Tokolahi (Highlanders) 190kg

Cian Healy (Leinster) 190kg

David Kilcoyne (Munster) 187.5kg

Jackson Wray (Saracens) 187.5kg

Maro Itoje (Saracens) 187.5kg

David Pocock (Panasonic Wildknights) 185kg

Ugo Monye (Harlequins, retired) 185kg

Joe Moody (Crusaders) 180kg

Pouri Rakete-Stones (Hawk's Bay) 180kg

Will Genia (Rebels) 180kg

Digby Ioane (Glendale Raptors) 180kg

Mike McCarthy (Leinster, retired) 180kg

Tendai Mtawarira (Old Glory) 180kg

Gareth Denman (Coventry) 180kg

Tom James (Scarlets) 180kg

Paul O'Connell (Munster, retired) 179kg

Nemani Nadolo (Montpellier) 175kg

Eben Etzebeth (Toulon) 175kg

Jaycob Matiu (Northland) 170kg

Ben Funnell (Crusaders) 165kg

Pierre Spies (Montpellier, retired) 165kg

Matt Vaai (Counties Manukau) 162.5kg

Pete Samu (Brumbies) 160kg

Sam Whitelock (Panasonic Wildknights) 160kg

Matt Todd (Crusaders) 150kg

Caleb Timu (Montpellier) 150kg

Andy Goode (Newcastle Falcons) 150kg

Dan Carter (free agent) 145kg

Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) 140kg

Jim Hamilton (Saracens, retired) 140kg

Sonny Bill Williams (ex-Blues) 140kg

Richie Mo'unga (Crusaders) 137kg

Wonder what Andrew Porter's best is. He's done quite a bit of powerlifting, I believe.

Absolute bollocks. The world record for a single rep bench press is 350kg and it was from a professional powerlifter who can barely walk.



I seriously doubt ROG could shift 360kg in any lift.

Panda Killa

troyzer wrote: »

Absolute bollocks. The world record for a single rep bench press is 350kg and it was from a professional powerlifter who can barely walk.



I seriously doubt ROG could shift 360kg in any lift.

Pfft!!

Christy42

troyzer wrote: »

Absolute bollocks. The world record for a single rep bench press is 350kg and it was from a professional powerlifter who can barely walk.



I seriously doubt ROG could shift 360kg in any lift.

Pity. The article has removed the ROG entry! Some mistake to let through though.

I wouldn't be surprised if RoGs highest bench is less than 100kg.

aloooof

troyzer wrote: »

Absolute bollocks. The world record for a single rep bench press is 350kg and it was from a professional powerlifter who can barely walk.



I seriously doubt ROG could shift 360kg in any lift.

Do you think it was meant to be taken seriously??

Eod100

troyzer wrote: »

Absolute bollocks. The world record for a single rep bench press is 350kg and it was from a professional powerlifter who can barely walk.



I seriously doubt ROG could shift 360kg in any lift.

I'd say Stringer could

Eod100

French domestic season cancelled

https://amp.independent.ie/sport/rug...mpression=true

Yeah_Right

I see John Hayes couldn't even make that list. So weak.

Buer

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I see John Hayes couldn't even make that list. So weak.

I'd say I'm surprised but that would be a huge lie. I see Tom Court is there doing himself justice and making a mockery of the decision to select Hayes ahead of him.