Strongest player in the AFL

[SeaEagle]

Body on body, man on man, Jakovich. He played in an era when there was a number of outstanding strong forwards, and didnt get beaten too often.
Currently playing, it would be hard to go past J Brown, and G Ablett jnr.

 

[TheSunGod]

eh? 3rd best defender? Cloke is the main man in the Collingwood forward line and has great 1-on-1 body strength. It's not an overrated stat at all.

He might be the main man but I think Collingwood's strength is that no player really stands out on their forward line so you never know where the ball is headed. Brisbane regularly play Joel Patfull on Cloke (and Patfull regularly towels him up). Patfull would be Brisbane's third choice KPD behind Merrett and Maguire at 190cm and 88kg.
Yes one on one Cloke might be good with the delivery he gets from a very good midfield but J. Brown plays one on two or even three with poor delivery and defenders always know where the ball is headed. Thus the contested marking stats are misleading. This is not Travis' fault BTW. Because Cloke's kicking is suspect, he isn't always seen as the most dangerous threat and doesn't get double or triple teamed like Brown does week in / week out.

 

[Ricmel]

The held a competition in the early 90's to see who was the strongest in the AFL, and Piggie Dunstall beat Plugger and every other player hands down.

Dunstall was strong. He wasn't as strong as Plugger no matter what some silly competition told you. Plugger would not get out of bed to train, the only time he would put his strength into anything was crushing another player on the field. He had to be mad. He's not going to get fired up for some media comp. (surprised he would have even competed, must have been contracted).

 

[SleepingGiant]

If we are talking pure brute strength then you need to look past the forwards and go to the ruckman. Height and weight means so much. For instance Angus Graham at our club can bench around the 160kg mark. Sandilands would have to be the strongest. His sheer size just bumped henderson like he was a rag doll in round 22.

When you view midfielders and forwards like Pavlich you think shit the forwards are much stronger. The same difference is with forwards as compared to ruckmen. Yes you can make exceptions but your strongest players are going to be the 198cm + players, and I think my money will be going with Sandilands.

Compare him to Brown.... 211cm 123kg vs 195cm 104kg. Thats 19kg heavier and the sheer force he could produce is far greater than brown. I'm sure Sandilands could bench more than him as well as most ruckmen.

 

[Ricmel]

If we are talking pure brute strength then you need to look past the forwards and go to the ruckman. Height and weight means so much. For instance Angus Graham at our club can bench around the 160kg mark. Sandilands would have to be the strongest. His sheer size just bumped henderson like he was a rag doll in round 22.

When you view midfielders and forwards like Pavlich you think shit the forwards are much stronger. The same difference is with forwards as compared to ruckmen. Yes you can make exceptions but your strongest players are going to be the 198cm + players, and I think my money will be going with Sandilands.

Compare him to Brown.... 211cm 123kg vs 195cm 104kg. Thats 19kg heavier and the sheer force he could produce is far greater than brown. I'm sure Sandilands could bench more than him as well as most ruckmen.

Weight doesn't equal strength.

Sandilands is going to hit hard because of his weight and height (leverage). But like many very tall people, my guess is his actually strength is not that great,, that is just physics, a muscle on a 15 inch forearm has to work far harder than a muscle on a 12 inch forearm. Yes he can hurt you cos of his weight and size.

 

[WCErevival]

Just found this from a few years ago which was interesting. Gehrig infront by a margin unsurprisingly.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5282736&postcount=50


As far as squats goes, Lynch in his prime a couple of years ago would of been up there.

 

[Torpedo12]

Had some good times benching with Fraser and Hall. Gehrig has benched more then the 172.5. Ive seen him bench 177KG, he is a bloke who is just a machine.

 

[rose jam]

Strongest is typically measured on a combination of the big 3 - squats, deadlifts and bench press.

Find that info and you have your answer. Doubtful that J. Brown has good bench and deadlift figures at his height. You'd be looking at someone more around the 90kg mark and about 6ft who'd have the best combination.
Height gives you more leverage in a marking contest which helps to unbalance opponents but isn't really strength.

 

[pazza]

Another all-time possibility would be Kevin Murray. He was strong and tough. Anyone who could lift that many bricks in their job during the week and then be as physical as he was on the weekend, back brace and all, had to be considered as a tough and strong player.

 

[SUPASTARR]

Big Fraser Gehrig was a freak. But a guy that is a little underestimated would be Paul Chapman. That bloke is like a bull. Ball of muscle rarely tackled

 

[IKE TURNER]

big fraser gehrig was a freak. But a guy that is a little underestimated would be paul chapman. That bloke is like a bull. Ball of muscle rarely tackled

i agree,explosive strength like mickey conlan (fitzroy) but you cant go past gary ablettsnr jono brown and bazza hall

 

[barmyarmy]

Travis Cloke ?
Mate seriously...the ball bounces up for Milne in the square and you'd be slagging him off saying "what we really needed was a genuine CHF" and want him traded.

The bloke plays for the Doggies now, and had an absolutely brilliant and hugely underrated season.

Nothing to do with size or beef. Core strength.

Pound for pound its probably one of the inside midfielders.

pound for pound put your $$$$$$ on jake king from richmond

 

[WCErevival]

pound for pound put your $$$$$$ on jake king from richmond

Can't argue with 300 pushups

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Hall for mine. Supposedly broke all the Bulldogs records when he arrived at the club.

 

[Rack Watts]

Barry Hall now.
Plugger for all time, maybe Dunstall?
Hurley already pushes Reiwoldt about, imagine in 3 years

 

[Bulldog1954]

Hall can throw a punch, but I don't reckon in pure strength stakes he would be the strongest in the league.

For me, Dunstall or Gehrig for all time.

Hall broke the Bulldogs bench record in his first couple of weeks at the club.

Glen Jackovich probably used his strength better then anyone I have seen

 

[FishCreekBandit]

Gherig is regard the strongest of all time as stated many times and atm Barry Hall would be in the lead. I doubt you will see as many big bulk players in the future with the push to a more running build

 

[gravy1]

Pound for pound some midfielders who stand their ground in contests spring to mind. Of those, Judd, Ablett and Swan in particular. Clearly it's a big part of success.

 

[Pera]

Not enough Corrie in this thread.

 

[bodazoka]

The only player I have seen wrestle Lynch out of a rucking contest was Will Minson and he did it pretty well also. Usually Lynch rag dolls opponents but Minson was all over him.

Minson for me.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Hurley already pushes Reiwoldt about, imagine in 3 years

Manhandling the blokes down at williamstown no doubt.

Not enough Chapman, that guy's built like an angry looking dwarf and just has soo much power, not the explosive power like an Ablett/Rodan/Judd but he also has a very low center of gravity and is just solid

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

Probably Brown at the moment, bit of a roughie maybe Tippet

Jarrod Molloy was a tank, hard to go against Plugger though for all time

Tippett is a good roughie

Big Kurt took the most contested marks inside the forward 50m in the comp in 2010

A Lynch has gone on record in saying that at the same stage in his career that Kurt is stronger than J Brown... thats a big statement to make

 

[Asgardian]

Of yesteryear one that hasn't been mentioned is Alastair Lynch.

He always had something special for the Wakelins

Martin Leslie from several years back was very strong, didn't Billy Duckworth have a reputation?

 

[Amber Guzzler]

Plugger is the all timer. Never seen another AFl player throw players around like he did...man vs boys.

Agreed, although I'd say Monkey was a close second. He used to brush tacklers aside like they were small children, while holding the ball high in the air, looking for someone to pass it to.

 

[Ricmel]

Agreed, although I'd say Monkey was a close second. He used to brush tacklers aside like they were small children, while holding the ball high in the air, looking for someone to pass it to.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Renee Kink...or even Sam Kekovitch. They were the two players I remember as being able to charge through packs and come out the other side.