Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Tue Aug 04, 2020 4:50 pm  

stpatricks wrote:

For the oldies he was on Superstars, although not a rugby player I remember Supermac Malcolm Macdonald being one of the fastest on that show. They claimed at the time that his time for the 100 was one of the fastest in Europe

Didn’t Drummond break that record?

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:34 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

If only he had bionic implants....

If only you had an implant in your brain to raise your level of thinking to that of the average moron.

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:08 pm  

Imagine if Martin had been injected with cheetah dna? How fast would he have been?

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:42 pm  

The_Enforcer wrote:

If only you had an implant in your brain to raise your level of thinking to that of the average moron.

I think you've finally cracked it professor! If we combine your well respected theories, we could inject part of Brad Fittler's brain into Joe Greenwood, combined with cheetah DNA and the coaching of Kelvin Skerrett, he could become an unstoppable rugby league legend. You wouldn't have to recommend we concede games then!

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Tue Aug 04, 2020 9:45 pm  

JonnyBroad wrote:

Imagine if Martin had been injected with cheetah dna? How fast would he have been?

Not as fast as he was?

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Wed Aug 05, 2020 7:07 am  

Pieman wrote:

Didn’t Drummond break that record?

I had forgotten Drummond won a sprint on superstars - wikipedia "Drummond's rise to celebrity status was precipitated by his performances in the televised all-around sports competition Superstars, finishing second in the 1983 Series final,[13] and clocking a world competition record 10.85 seconds for the 100 metres (noted Great Britain rugby league speedster Martin Offiah was reported to have recorded a hand held 10.8 seconds for the 100, showing just how fast Drummond was)."

Didnt Mark Forster win a sprint comp at central park. They had a sprint on SKY RL in recent times with a rep from every team, there was a cumbrian lad expected to win it I cant remember who did.

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Wed Aug 05, 2020 11:43 am  

stpatricks wrote:

For the oldies he was on Superstars, although not a rugby player I remember Supermac Malcolm Macdonald being one of the fastest on that show. They claimed at the time that his time for the 100 was one of the fastest in Europe

Keith Fielding I think won the Champion of Champions on Superstars.
if he wasn't the fastest ever on Superstars he must have been very high in the pecking order.

I remember seeing him at Central Park in I think the late 60's and he scored 2 absolute belters. I recall thinking when I first saw Offiah was he quicker than Fielding because the two of them are the fastest guys I can recall on a rugby pitch.
Neither Fielding or Offiah would get a game today in SL because they didn't do the "hard yards"

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:15 pm  

stpatricks wrote:

I had forgotten Drummond won a sprint on superstars - wikipedia "Drummond's rise to celebrity status was precipitated by his performances in the televised all-around sports competition Superstars, finishing second in the 1983 Series final,[13] and clocking a world competition record 10.85 seconds for the 100 metres (noted Great Britain rugby league speedster Martin Offiah was reported to have recorded a hand held 10.8 seconds for the 100, showing just how fast Drummond was)."

Didnt Mark Forster win a sprint comp at central park. They had a sprint on SKY RL in recent times with a rep from every team, there was a cumbrian lad expected to win it I cant remember who did.

craig calvert?

I was at CP when Offiah stuffed them all including Eddy Mafie, then saw albert stuff them all at Robin Park, we sent Liam Colbon for that although we had Carney and Dallas, Joe Lydon beat Drummond on the pitch

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:28 pm  

Pieman wrote:

craig calvert?

I was at CP when Offiah stuffed them all including Eddy Mafie, then saw albert stuff them all at Robin Park, we sent Liam Colbon for that although we had Carney and Dallas, Joe Lydon beat Drummond on the pitch

Lydon was fast he never looked like he was trying, Calvert was the player I was thinking of. One of the tries that stands out for me was Joel Tomkins for England against the exiles at Headingley length of the field interception never looked like getting run down.

Re: Martin Offiah - Fastest Player? : Wed Aug 05, 2020 2:38 pm  

had good pace Joel for a forward