Skills Required in AFL and NRL

[Xman]

I think it is very unfair of the League people to criticize the AFL participants. We need to understand that the AFL has very little experience in picking "representative" players and it shows.

That or the AFL dont care for a contest that compares a single player from each sport.

Hodge and Ling were one of the biggest guys on the show and theyre just average sized midfielders in our sport. Were the winners average sized in their sports? Hardly.

[enarelle]

So the other sports were smarter in who they picked.

[Xman]

So the other sports were smarter in who they picked.

or actually cared.

[Raiderdave]

I think it is very unfair of the League people to criticize the AFL participants. We need to understand that the AFL has very little experience in picking "representative" players and it shows.

That or the AFL dont care for a contest that compares a single player from each sport.

Hodge and Ling were one of the biggest guys on the show .

wot the F'ing hell did I post earlier you half wit

wot has size got to do with it ?
again

who's faster over 100m
Slater
or Inglis


just because your big lumbering lolly legged slugs are slow & lethargic
doesn't mean our stars of a similar size.. or even bigger NRL guys .. are

hell .. I'd back big dave taylor to catch any VFL player you'd care to put up
he can cover 100m in about 12 seconds
& hes .... 126kgs

no speed
no strength
no agility
no skill

this is your average VFL player in comparison to our NRL guys .. Australias greatest athletes

[Raiderdave]

So the other sports were smarter in who they picked.

or actually cared.

or simply had a lot more athletic contestants to choose from

[Raiderdave]

look its quite clear

if a TV show called ... Australias greatest half marathon run for footballers ... but thats it .. no power or agility events included
... was put on

our skinny little VFL runt players would probably win

as thats all they have
pick up a dumbell or cover 40m in 5 secs ..... as we know .. female netballers would beat them

[Xman]

look its quite clear

if a TV show called ... Australias greatest half marathon run for footballers ... but thats it .. no power or agility events included
... was put on

our skinny little VFL runt players would probably win

as thats all they have
pick up a dumbell or cover 40m in 5 secs ..... as we know .. female netballers would beat them

and if there was a contest called Australias most overweight and immobile athletes the NRL would win hands down. Youve won with Slater only. Where are the rest of your overweight loserrs?

[Xman]

I think it is very unfair of the League people to criticize the AFL participants. We need to understand that the AFL has very little experience in picking "representative" players and it shows.

That or the AFL dont care for a contest that compares a single player from each sport.

Hodge and Ling were one of the biggest guys on the show .

wot the F'ing hell did I post earlier you half wit

wot has size got to do with it ?
again

who's faster over 100m
Slater
or Inglis


just because your big lumbering lolly legged slugs are slow & lethargic
doesn't mean our stars of a similar size.. or even bigger NRL guys .. are

hell .. I'd back big dave taylor to catch any VFL player you'd care to put up
he can cover 100m in about 12 seconds
& hes .... 126kgs

no speed
no strength
no agility
no skill

this is your average VFL player in comparison to our NRL guys .. Australias greatest athletes

Who the hell is Inglish?

As I said, put some of your overweight forwards on next time and lets see how they fair. The show favours smaller leaner athletes and they've done better every year.

[Beaussie]

This thread needed to be created / split from the NRL to reap $1.2b from TV rights thread as it doesn't appear to have anything to do with tv rights from the OP onwards. It's moreso about skills required in the AFL and NRL from what I can gather.

Dogs please feel free to change the title of the thread if you like by clicking the edit button within your first post in this thread.

Carry on people.

[Raiderdave]

look its quite clear

if a TV show called ... Australias greatest half marathon run for footballers ... but thats it .. no power or agility events included
... was put on

our skinny little VFL runt players would probably win

as thats all they have
pick up a dumbell or cover 40m in 5 secs ..... as we know .. female netballers would beat them

and if there was a contest called Australias most overweight and immobile athletes the NRL would win hands down. Youve won with Slater only. Where are the rest of your overweight loserrs?

NRL players are
bigger
faster
stronger
more skillfull

VFL players .... good trotters ... they can plod all day ....
but thats it

[Raiderdave]

That or the AFL dont care for a contest that compares a single player from each sport.

Hodge and Ling were one of the biggest guys on the show .

wot the F'ing hell did I post earlier you half wit

wot has size got to do with it ?
again

who's faster over 100m
Slater
or Inglis


just because your big lumbering lolly legged slugs are slow & lethargic
doesn't mean our stars of a similar size.. or even bigger NRL guys .. are

hell .. I'd back big dave taylor to catch any VFL player you'd care to put up
he can cover 100m in about 12 seconds
& hes .... 126kgs

no speed
no strength
no agility
no skill

this is your average VFL player in comparison to our NRL guys .. Australias greatest athletes

Who the hell is Inglish?

As I said, put some of your overweight forwards on next time and lets see how they fair. The show favours smaller leaner athletes and they've done better every year.

why would we do that ?

you said your blokes were too big ..... I said park em along side Inglis .. hes big

would they go any better ?

[King-Eliagh]

VFL players .... good trotters ... they can plod all day ....

funny and also true...in comparison to the explosive excitement machines getting round in the NRL.

[Pete_09]

Raiderdave why are u calling the AFL VFL??

I am pretty sure there are more Footy players outside of VIC than there are Thugby players outside of NSW.

You are one stupid jealous person!!

Go the NSWRL hahaha

[Xman]

wot the F'ing hell did I post earlier you half wit

wot has size got to do with it ?
again

who's faster over 100m
Slater
or Inglis


just because your big lumbering lolly legged slugs are slow & lethargic
doesn't mean our stars of a similar size.. or even bigger NRL guys .. are

hell .. I'd back big dave taylor to catch any VFL player you'd care to put up
he can cover 100m in about 12 seconds
& hes .... 126kgs

no speed
no strength
no agility
no skill

this is your average VFL player in comparison to our NRL guys .. Australias greatest athletes

Who the hell is Inglish?

As I said, put some of your overweight forwards on next time and lets see how they fair. The show favours smaller leaner athletes and they've done better every year.

why would we do that ?

you said your blokes were too big ..... I said park em along side Inglis .. hes big

would they go any better ?

Buddy Franklin, Nick Nat, and many others would easily eclipse Inlish. But that's not the pnt. The point is the results have favored smaller leaner contestants, irrespective of the sport. Look how lote tiqiri did. wasn't he a RL player? Look how Wendell sailor did? wasn't he an NRL player.

[King-Eliagh]

Buddy Frannklin... Nic Natanui... vs Inglis?

Speed/100metre sprint: Inglis by 1.5-2.5 seconds
Strength/any test: Inglis by a country mile. The comparison between a lion and a domestic cat would be appropriate here
Agility/sideways movement test + other agility tests: A little closer but Inglis comfortably
Skill: difficult to test as the skills required are quite different for both sports. Gotta be fair and say equal here. they're all at the top of their respective sports for a reason.

I've seen a lot of both codes and am very confident of the above assessment. Very confident.