Seen a thread on another board got me thinking?

Nev Morrison is RAPID, gave Cardace a 3 yard start in Perpignan and still caught him.

Berwyn Jones of Wakefield Trinity in the mid 60s was pretty nifty. Not surprising as he had represented GB in the 1962 European Athletics Championships and was regarded as a certainty for the 1964 Olympics had he not turned pro.



Wilf Rosenberg, a South African winger was also pretty nifty for Leeds around 1960 - 63 but lost all his confidence when his face was rearranged in a tackel. He scored 48 tries in 1960/61.



I imagine that Olympic bronze medallist McDonald Bailey was also pretty speedy but he only played 1 game (for Leigh)

Menzie!!!



I offered him out and you should have seen him run.

Good job he didn't catch me!!!



On a serious note in terms of Eagles players.

Has to be Rob Worrincey?



I suppose the older generation will claim that black and white TV made the players from the 60s and 70s look slower.

TBH on the whole players of the 60s were slower - training regimes in those days were far less sophisticated than today and consisted mainly of how many pints could you sink afterwards. Roly poly forwards were quite a common sight and most of them would be at walking pace in the 2nd half!



Billy Boston was another try scoring legend - he wasn't terribly speedy but he was built like the proverbial brick outhouse and just ran through players who tried to stop him - rather like Menzie when he is on form.



Have to agree about Rob Worrincey for the Eagles.

Yeah Worrincy is probably the quickest we've had.



Mark Calderwood in his prime was a quick one.

I brought it up because sombody said Dwayne Chambers is the fastest ever rugby league player



Calvert at Whitehaven and Darren Albert were mentioned,Martin Offiah was pretty rapid,Havnt seen much quicker than rob Worrincy for us,

Json Robinson must also be up there,Billy whizz and all that.A full back but Billy Slater is lightening.Former ST Helens winger Anthony Sullivan aswell.

you wait until you've seen the left winger from Carcassonne - Greg Mazard, boy he is quick !



give him half a yard of space and he's away - if his defensive qualities were up to scratch he would be in the Catalans squad IMO



(ps - don't tell Tubbs - Greg is supoposed to be the secret weapon !)

I suppose if depends what they mean by fastest?



Over what distance?

Does that include carrying a ball which may prevent arms being used as a sprinter would?

Boots instead of running spikes?

fastest with the ball presumably under match conditions

Very true, I'm the fastest man in the world over one yard.



FACT.

To the bar ESO?

without the added weight of a wallet too maybe ?

No way would ESO beat me to the bar.

Challenge accepted.



Unless you're paying.

Darren Albert in his prime at Saints, quickest player i've ever seen...

Keith Fielding of Salford could also run a bit. I wonder what he could have achieved with a more glamorous club. I think he also did well in various versions of Superstars.

You couldn't have had a much more glamorous club than Salford at the time Keith Fielding played for them.

Maybe glamorous was the wrong word. In terms of big names they certainly had plenty (David Watkins and Mike Coulson come to mind) but apart from a Challenge Cup Final in 1969 (against Castleford. I lived near Pontefract at the time. The town was divided with the Featherstone half wanting Salford to win) they were more style than substance and never quite reached the heights. A case of the whole being less than the sum of the parts.

Mike Coulman - sorry. Mike Coulson was at school with me.

Dean Hanger when at Leigh Centurions, then went to Hudds, caught Martin Offiah at the old Central Park!