On a more serious note

[roorooman]

And Jennings was carrying a ball which slows you down - not the weight but the balancing of running with one arm tucked in.

Also Jennings should have swerved directions while being chased that would have helped as it takes longer for the chaser to catch up as the reaction of the chaser is naturally slower to change angles than the front runner.

[milanja]

Johnson wouldn't have run Mullo's down..

Even after 20 bourbons & 2 packs of Winnie Reds..

remember whem matt seers ran mullo down? that was sensational.

[Parkway_Drive]

The other thing you have to remember in these chases is that you generally will run quicker chasing and without the ball than carrying a football as you can pump your arms and get more speed. Also sometimes players get run down as they may have expended more energy or their fitness levels over the course of a game have depleted faster or they have more lactic acid built up over the course of the game....the ability to recover quickly ...or being run down against the Sharkies could be pepsi colatides, etc.....Johnson may have done less in the game than Jennings before that chase.....so there are a lot a variables. I remember a few years back Mose Mosoe running down Ben Barba but you cannot seriously say based on that chase Mosoe is quicker than Barba.....

[Guest]

They need to bring back the Footy Olympics then we could see who is the fastest over 20m who's the fastest over 50m & who is fastest over 100m in the wheelbarrow race or the 3 legged race. They could have the team tug o war to see who is the strongest team in a tug o war.

[davos]

I'd back Inglis to run down anybody in the comp..

One of the best saved trys I have ever wittnessed was against the knights when Sisa Waqa pulled off a freakish effort and denied a certain try .

[roostersrule2]

The other thing you have to remember in these chases is that you generally will run quicker chasing and without the ball than carrying a football as you can pump your arms and get more speed. Also sometimes players get run down as they may have expended more energy or their fitness levels over the course of a game deteriate.....Johnson may have done less in the game than Jennings before that chase.....so there are a lot a variables. I remember a few years back Mose Mosoe running down Ben Barba but you cannot resiously say based on that chase Mosoe is quicker than Barba.....

Hahaha him and Nate Myles I remember that but yea Mose had a 30m head start too, but in 2010 I still think Nate was the fastest prop in the game he lost about 10 kilo's that year and he showed some toe.

[roostersrule2]

One of the best saved trys I have ever wittnessed was against the knights when Sisa Waqa pulled off a freakish effort and denied a certain try .

Ah yes, I remember last year though Korobiete doing the same thing to Waqa and over a shorter distance.

[Guest]

Not even close to the fastest, sure he is quick and is lightning for a big man but is definitely not the fastest.

That is not what i stated..

[Parkway_Drive]

Johnson is not known as a speedster.

That's what a drug assisted Carl Lewis said back in the 80s before being beaten by a steriod ( I kannot spill Stanilozol) powered Johnson in 1987 and 1988

[Guest]

remember whem matt seers ran mullo down? that was sensational.

Yep..still can't believe it happened..

Seersy was a flawed genius..

[Guest]

remember whem matt seers ran mullo down? that was sensational.

I was actually at that game in the members with my wife & our 11 day old daughter who slept through the whole game. I dont know how with the crowd screaming watching Mullins in full flight being chased by Sears who from behind pulled him up millimetres from the tryline. I was going for Norths that day but they wern't good enough against the Raiders.

[roostersrule2]

That is not what i stated..

You said he could run down anyone which implies that you mean he is the fastest.

[Parkway_Drive]

They need to bring back the Footy Olympics then we could see who is the fastest over 20m who's the fastest over 50m & who is fastest over 100m in the wheelbarrow race or the 3 legged race. They could have the team tug o war to see who is the strongest team in a tug o war.

How about the Egg and Spoon race.....SKD would be a special to finish last!!!!!

[Guest]

Pearce is actually quite quick at top speed but he is pretty slow off the mark...like he is between the ears.

I remember this being discussed in a thread earlier in the year just after the Warriors game. I distinctly remember Pearce in 2011 showing Soward and possibly B Morris a clean pair of heels in picking up a loose ball and running 70-80 metres to score in the ANZAC day clash that year.

He scored a length of the try effort against Penrith..to win the game after the fulltime siren..off a Sa pass.. in 2007..and Jenko couldn't run him down..Wesser either..

[Guest]

You said he could run down anyone which implies that you mean he is the fastest.

No it doesn't..

There are more variables in a chase than pure speed..

Hunger & technique come into play..