I watched rupeni play Rugby World Cup 2003 versus France. He scored that try with Amazing speed.Its the way he ran that was amazing,cause it looked like he wasn't even trying hard.Since then no other player has come close to running like that.So relaxed and elegant.
He's more about explosive acceleration and footwork than 100m speed. There's a difference. The same with players like Jason Robinson, Shane Williams, etc. Look at Usain Bolt. Slow out of the blocks compared to many sprinters, but once he got those long legs going he was away. I doubt he'd be as elusive a runner as Cheslin on a rugby field though.
An Aussie Sprinter, Trae Williams has recently converted to Rugby 7s - he’s a 10.1s runner. Fast is good, but I prefer quick & elusive players - David Campese (1980s & 90s) is my all time favourite, he’d attack from anywhere on the field - sometimes ending up with egg on his face, but was a longtime holder of the most Test tries. Campo also invented the ‘goose step’ much emulated by players since. His best work was during the 1991 World Cup. His try running past a wall of All Black in the final is iconic. Sadly, there is not a lot of quality CZcams footage of him.
Campo was certainly a legend of the game. Australian winger Michael Cleary was a dual International at both codes of Rugby and he also won a Bronze medal at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. In those times players did not have the highly specialised footwear today's lot do.
Cheslin is one of the best players. But he ain't even close to being one of the fastest all time, let alone one of the fastest current players. Richie Mo'unga ran him down pretty easily
@@seanmoody2344 He is definitely one of the faster players. His time is 10.7 over the 100m so not the best, but I would say at least top 20. This was a top 10 so it is to be expected
Isles did a 4.24 dash for the detroit lions, equals the combine record ( not bo jacksons hand timed one) , Rupeni at no 3 could have been the greatest of all time 230 pounds at 10.38 is amazing. The fastest ive ever seen is No 2 Tonderai Chavangha, his highlights versus the blues ( on youtube) is jaw dropping , i've never seen anyone run top speed faster, including U. Bolt. Jason Robinson ( not here) would be the 40 dash champ if it was a thing in rugby, he was under 4.3 easy, he was a bullet out of a gun.
Why is Perry Baker in this list, he’s just a 7’s player. 7’s was once described “7’s is just the back’s masturbating, just playing with themselves”, put him in a test match and see how fast he is after being hit a few time by a couple of 6’7” 300lbs second row players.
Speed over 100m is less important than acceleration, speed over short distances, say 0-40m and footwork in rugby. For instance as a kid there were 2 or 3 kids at school who could beat me over 100m as they were much taller and had longer legs. I had short legs, a low center of gravity and explosive acceleration. On the rugby field nobody could touch me because I could go from standing still to top speed in a few steps and had a sidestep that would leave people on their arses. That was more useful than having a high top end speed. Check out players like Jason Robinson, Shane Williams or Cheslin. You'll find people faster than them over 100m but not as explosive over 30m or as good at dodging and weaving. I mainly used to play scrum half (or sometimes wing) and many of the best scrum halves tend to be like that, good acceleration and dodging.
One of the things to note is that if you're carrying the ball, it's estimated it costs you about 1m in every 10,m you run. So if you see someone who is known for being really fast - Norton and Haban in this video - being outpaced by someone who is carrying the ball, you know the second guy is exceptional. The fastest sprinter ever to have at least some attempt at rugby would be Dwain Chambers, an English sprinter who was banned from athletics after failing a drugs test. He had trials in Rugby League with Castleford, but never played professionally. His best time was sub-10s, he won a world title indoors over 60m and reached the world final over 100m outdoors. Rugby league has some other very fast men too.
In rugby five to 10 metres accelerating from a slow jog is the most important speed measure. Running a good line with change of pace and direction probably comes second. Being in the right place at the right speed third. 50 to100 metre pace is great for Sevens, but rarely used in the full game where only an interception is likely to result in a long solo run. The exceptions are spectacular of course.
Perry Baker & Carlin Isles are with the USA Sevens team. Blisteringly quick, and score a good few tries to say the least. Baker's skillset has evolved, and he's more of a rugby player than a sprinter these days, and Carlin a little bit later joined the team and was a natural. Great to watch. :) As other have said, for 15s Zammit is a young lad, but when he puts the burners on there are damn few that can catch him.
A lot of that was 7s rugby, which if you like fast its great to watch. Plus you guys (the US) are very competitive in 7s. It is also an Olympic sport so just about to be on in Tokyo.
USA played ENGLAND today (4 july) at Twickenham. They lost but you guys played well and definitely one of the worlds improving nations. England had 12 players making their England debut but a great second half by the USA
1, 5 and 6 are Americans. The guy in the green Jersey that chased down nr7 is a South African called Jongi Nokwe and he did the 40m in 4.4. Brent Russel was another South African who was actually quicker off the mark and has a better 40m time than Bryan Habana (featured in this video) and he also had a faster 100m time than Joe Rocococo (also on this list). Jonah Lomu ran 10.8. I reckon the Australians Nigel Walker and Trae Williams should be on this list too as should the England winger Jonny May at 10.7s. Great video coach.
No comparison to today, but back when Rugby Union was an amateur sport Rory Underwood would fly down the wing - when not flying for the RAF - if he had been able to train full time he would have been on that list for sure.
Remember the Usain Bolt World record is 9.58 seconds for 100m These are not from a standing start, but... Carlin Isles covered 100m in 10.13 seconds... Wow!
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Jason Robinson, Jonny May, Louis Rees_zammit. These players are not just fast but can defend too. Tom Verndel and Christian Wade are fast but not the best defensers. For foot work and speed look at Telusa Veainu.
Carlin Isles definitely the fastest top speed. For pure acceleration in play Beauden Barrett. In play when he hits the gas he's gone. Perhaps not the over all fastest but his ability to accelerate at the right time. Impeccable!
@@HelloHumanIAlsoAmHuman he is faster than monye. Monye did that time when he was a lot smaller and pre rugby. He said it himself a few times but he has made this list?
Fastest current? Not sure if it's the current Top 10. Of the Americans, Carlin Isles is 40 now. I couldn't say that he is still that fast. Doubt he's still in any Eagle pool. Perry Baker is 35. I don't believe he ever played 15s for the Eagles. I do believe he is still in the Eagles 7s pool. If he is then he should be about ready after his last injury.
Sébastien carrat 10.34 against leinster in final of euro Cup in 1997 it's funny all the guys play in Southern hemisphere or USA strange no English no Irish no French ....... and no official record ! Who did this video ? This not for you coach I enjoy your video
there was faster players in the 80 s and 90 s.DANIE GERBER ,JACO REINACH ,ANDRE SNYMAN ,PIETER ROSSOUW ,CHRISTIAAN CULLEN,IAN WILLIAMS,TO NAME A FEW.JONAH WAS NEVER AND ALL OUT SPEEDSTER, MORE POWER .
Shane Williams. Maybe not for out and out sprinting, but for speed when changing direction, and leaving players in the dirt. Amazing!
Jason Robinson too
Phill Bennett was a side step master from the great 1970s team
I watched rupeni play Rugby World Cup 2003 versus France. He scored that try with Amazing speed.Its the way he ran that was amazing,cause it looked like he wasn't even trying hard.Since then no other player has come close to running like that.So relaxed and elegant.
Rupeni was untouchable in 03
Was surprised not to see Cheslin on the list
He's more about explosive acceleration and footwork than 100m speed. There's a difference. The same with players like Jason Robinson, Shane Williams, etc.
Look at Usain Bolt. Slow out of the blocks compared to many sprinters, but once he got those long legs going he was away. I doubt he'd be as elusive a runner as Cheslin on a rugby field though.
Not sure if he would make the top 10, but Jason Robinson had a great pair of feet on him.
An Aussie Sprinter, Trae Williams has recently converted to Rugby 7s - he’s a 10.1s runner.
Fast is good, but I prefer quick & elusive players - David Campese (1980s & 90s) is my all time favourite, he’d attack from anywhere on the field - sometimes ending up with egg on his face, but was a longtime holder of the most Test tries. Campo also invented the ‘goose step’ much emulated by players since. His best work was during the 1991 World Cup. His try running past a wall of All Black in the final is iconic.
Sadly, there is not a lot of quality CZcams footage of him.
I agree. Acceleration and good footwork tend to be more useful than 100m speed in rugby.
Campo was certainly a legend of the game. Australian winger Michael Cleary was a dual International at both codes of Rugby and he also won a Bronze medal at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. In those times players did not have the highly specialised footwear today's lot do.
agreed. watching him and Kirwin compete was great.
Cheslin should be up there
Cheslin is one of the best players. But he ain't even close to being one of the fastest all time, let alone one of the fastest current players. Richie Mo'unga ran him down pretty easily
@@seanmoody2344 eh definitely should be top 10 current but I see what u mean
@@seanmoody2344 He is definitely one of the faster players. His time is 10.7 over the 100m so not the best, but I would say at least top 20. This was a top 10 so it is to be expected
Jonah Lomu defiantly needs to be there , probably the best player of all time
The Fijian player in 3rd fastest place was not only very fast but was very big..a real freight train.
Nigel Walker, played for Wales in the 90s. Olympic 110 hurdler.
10.47s his 100m
Isles did a 4.24 dash for the detroit lions, equals the combine record ( not bo jacksons hand timed one) , Rupeni at no 3 could have been the greatest of all time 230 pounds at 10.38 is amazing. The fastest ive ever seen is No 2 Tonderai Chavangha, his highlights versus the blues ( on youtube) is jaw dropping , i've never seen anyone run top speed faster, including U. Bolt. Jason Robinson ( not here) would be the 40 dash champ if it was a thing in rugby, he was under 4.3 easy, he was a bullet out of a gun.
Why is Perry Baker in this list, he’s just a 7’s player. 7’s was once described “7’s is just the back’s masturbating, just playing with themselves”, put him in a test match and see how fast he is after being hit a few time by a couple of 6’7” 300lbs second row players.
Speed over 100m is less important than acceleration, speed over short distances, say 0-40m and footwork in rugby.
For instance as a kid there were 2 or 3 kids at school who could beat me over 100m as they were much taller and had longer legs. I had short legs, a low center of gravity and explosive acceleration. On the rugby field nobody could touch me because I could go from standing still to top speed in a few steps and had a sidestep that would leave people on their arses. That was more useful than having a high top end speed.
Check out players like Jason Robinson, Shane Williams or Cheslin. You'll find people faster than them over 100m but not as explosive over 30m or as good at dodging and weaving. I mainly used to play scrum half (or sometimes wing) and many of the best scrum halves tend to be like that, good acceleration and dodging.
One of the things to note is that if you're carrying the ball, it's estimated it costs you about 1m in every 10,m you run. So if you see someone who is known for being really fast - Norton and Haban in this video - being outpaced by someone who is carrying the ball, you know the second guy is exceptional.
The fastest sprinter ever to have at least some attempt at rugby would be Dwain Chambers, an English sprinter who was banned from athletics after failing a drugs test. He had trials in Rugby League with Castleford, but never played professionally. His best time was sub-10s, he won a world title indoors over 60m and reached the world final over 100m outdoors. Rugby league has some other very fast men too.
In rugby five to 10 metres accelerating from a slow jog is the most important speed measure. Running a good line with change of pace and direction probably comes second. Being in the right place at the right speed third. 50 to100 metre pace is great for Sevens, but rarely used in the full game where only an interception is likely to result in a long solo run. The exceptions are spectacular of course.
Perry Baker & Carlin Isles are with the USA Sevens team. Blisteringly quick, and score a good few tries to say the least. Baker's skillset has evolved, and he's more of a rugby player than a sprinter these days, and Carlin a little bit later joined the team and was a natural. Great to watch. :)
As other have said, for 15s Zammit is a young lad, but when he puts the burners on there are damn few that can catch him.
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@Sam Tuinaceva 100%
A lot of that was 7s rugby, which if you like fast its great to watch. Plus you guys (the US) are very competitive in 7s. It is also an Olympic sport so just about to be on in Tokyo.
Agree the Welsh wizard Shane Williams
I f you havnt already, look up 'The Try' Gareth Edwards. Possibly the best rugby try of all time. He is Welsh.
USA played ENGLAND today (4 july) at Twickenham. They lost but you guys played well and definitely one of the worlds improving nations.
England had 12 players making their England debut but a great second half by the USA
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Not just about 100m , from standstill over 20m Rory Underwood was untouchable
1, 5 and 6 are Americans. The guy in the green Jersey that chased down nr7 is a South African called Jongi Nokwe and he did the 40m in 4.4. Brent Russel was another South African who was actually quicker off the mark and has a better 40m time than Bryan Habana (featured in this video) and he also had a faster 100m time than Joe Rocococo (also on this list). Jonah Lomu ran 10.8. I reckon the Australians Nigel Walker and Trae Williams should be on this list too as should the England winger Jonny May at 10.7s. Great video coach.
@Hendrick van Tonder PE old boy! Tot facienda parum factum.
No comparison to today, but back when Rugby Union was an amateur sport Rory Underwood would fly down the wing - when not flying for the RAF - if he had been able to train full time he would have been on that list for sure.
How fast was the great J J Williams? He started as a sprinter before moving over to rugby.
Jason Robinson england Shane Williams of wales, there is so many
You should watch rugby’s fastest players mad speed racing I think that’s a very good video and shows you many more fast rugby players
100m is a long way. you would be surprised how fast some of the big lads are over 50m
Do Brian O’Driscoll
Hunky how he didn't go back a bit and have a look at John Kirwan and Terry Wright or Craig Green.
Remember the Usain Bolt World record is 9.58 seconds for 100m
These are not from a standing start, but... Carlin Isles covered 100m in 10.13 seconds... Wow!
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Jason Robinson, Jonny May, Louis Rees_zammit. These players are not just fast but can defend too. Tom Verndel and Christian Wade are fast but not the best defensers. For foot work and speed look at Telusa Veainu.
Hi coach. Love the reactions. Good luck to the Eagles against England.
10.6 100m - Olympic semifinal times
Have a look at Shane Williams, great videos
Shame Jonah Lomu just missed out as his 100m was 10.7s but he was the best player in the world and worth checking out. A great man gone way to early.
Nice video and hi
7s is a different sport
Carlin Isles definitely the fastest top speed.
For pure acceleration in play Beauden Barrett. In play when he hits the gas he's gone. Perhaps not the over all fastest but his ability to accelerate at the right time. Impeccable!
Carlin Isles is amazing.
You will see a lot of sevens rugby Conway for Ireland is pretty quick
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Jonah Lomu, for me, was the best and the fastest of his time.. please check him out 😊
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I would have thought Martin Offiah would be on the list. He certainly looked faster than most of the players on the list to the naked eye.
Martin never played rugby union. These were Union players.
@@petegarnett7731 Do you want to actually fact check that?
Adam Radwan should be on the list however he is a new face to rugby so not as well known.
one is missing , the only one : jonah lomu !
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Hope you’re watching England v USA at Twickenham today…..?
Cheslin Kolbe
Carlin Isles definitely the fastest player but players Cheslin Kolbe and Beauden Barret certainly belongs in this group.
This list is incomplete. There is no Cobus Reinach or Beauden Barrett.
Anthony Watson.
Dan Norton!
Habana may not be the fastest but he was a legend
Jonny May and Louis Rees-Zammit are faster than some of these guys
Johnny May's best 100m time is 10.71s. That's really quick, but not quite as quick as the 10 players here. He would probably be number 11.
@@HelloHumanIAlsoAmHuman he is faster than monye. Monye did that time when he was a lot smaller and pre rugby. He said it himself a few times but he has made this list?
Shane williams
Carlin Isles, and Perry Baker, the fastest in this video.
Look at jona 118 kg 10'8 for the 100, best....
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Fastest current? Not sure if it's the current Top 10.
Of the Americans, Carlin Isles is 40 now. I couldn't say that he is still that fast. Doubt he's still in any Eagle pool.
Perry Baker is 35. I don't believe he ever played 15s for the Eagles. I do believe he is still in the Eagles 7s pool. If he is then he should be about ready after his last injury.
Carlin isles is 31
genuinely 1st....
Out of those, Perry Baker is definitely the fastest. In a game, there's no one that will catch him. NO ONE.
Sébastien carrat 10.34 against leinster in final of euro Cup in 1997 it's funny all the guys play in Southern hemisphere or USA strange no English no Irish no French ....... and no official record ! Who did this video ? This not for you coach I enjoy your video
there was faster players in the 80 s and 90 s.DANIE GERBER ,JACO REINACH ,ANDRE SNYMAN ,PIETER ROSSOUW ,CHRISTIAAN CULLEN,IAN WILLIAMS,TO NAME A FEW.JONAH WAS NEVER AND ALL OUT SPEEDSTER, MORE POWER .