Check this guy out

[Rockport]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ordan-mailata-68-345-pounds-giving-nfl-a-shot

6 feet and 8 inches. 345 pounds and did 5 seconds in 40 yards.

Damn, sign him up.

 

[xwalker]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/football-or-rugby-whose-players-are-tougher-83608687/

Football or Rugby: Whose Players are Tougher?
Could football players last 80 minutes in a rugby match? The great debate continues

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The article references "big bellied linemen" in American football.

This guy is 330 pounds and bench presses over 600 pounds...

 

[Klingo3034]

The article references "big bellied linemen" in American football.

This guy is 330 pounds and bench presses over 600 pounds...

https://www.bulkingbro.com/16-biggest-strongest-rugby-player-freaks/


Remember these players got to be mobile for 80 minutes so they can't be bulked up more than they want to.

Height: 6ft 1” Weight: 242lbs / 110kg

One of 6 brothers (all of them rugby playing beasts and three made this list), Manu Tuilagi is the definition of a natural freak and the first of his family to play for a national side other than Samoa. Coming from Samoan ancestry, his thighs are so large he could probably give most pro bodybuilders a run for their money.

Manu has his gym sessions limited by the England rugby squad to no more than ONE session a week, due to the fact that he puts weight on too quickly: “He only does one weights session a week. Any more than that and he would just become too big,” said Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill. In fact, when he was just 17 years old and weighing in at 260lbs, even when he went pro he was too big and was told to lose muscle to become a more dynamic player. Sometimes life just isn’t fair…


Height: 6ft 1” Weight: 282lbs /128kg

This man is the size of a small car, but runs the 100 meters in about 11 seconds.

Seriously, Henry is the largest of the Tuilagi Samoan brothers, and he makes the rest look like teenagers. While there are not many figures out there on Henry due to his modesty, one thing is certain, Henry Tuilagi is the undoubtedly the strongest man ever to grace world rugby. Henry Tuilagi bench presses 250kg for 5 reps, raw.

In the rugby world, he’s known simply as the ‘Butcher’. Just search for Henry Tuilagi and you’ll find videos of him pushing aside 250lb men as if they are jelly.

Height: 6ft 8” Weight: 280lbs

At 6ft 8 and 280lbs, Eben Etzebeth must scare the **** out of his own family. This rugby player is still under 25 years old, but is such a tank he had to have custom made dumbbells (source) specially made for him, because the 65kg (145lb) ones were, and I quote, ‘too light’. The final product: two dumbbells which weigh in at 75kg each! Anecdotal interviews online show players stating that Eben used the dumbbells not for rows or presses, but for curling. Yes, curling. If you read the intro at the start of this list, you’ll notice that Eben quite literally arm curls an average sized man.

 

[jday]

He'd be a beast for us.

In a world where every team is peopled by out-of-professional-football shape white guys without pads, he would be a beast for us.

 

[KingintheNorth]

One of my areas of studies is "sports transfer" and I've been keeping an eye on Jordan Mailata and Courtney Lawes, a 6'7", 245-pound British rugby player. Guys with exceptional size and athleticism and show tremendous physicality in their rugby matches.

There's an article on nfl.com from 3 days ago about Mailata working out for NFL scouts. He's only 20 and has been working with football coaches at the IMG Academy.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

In a world where every team is peopled by out-of-professional-football shape white guys without pads, he would be a beast for us.

Am I the only one that read this like it was a movie trailer?