Strongest Player in the AFL

[Pilchard_Adams]

"Pre-season training at West Lakes involved up to five weights sessions a week under the watchful eye new strength and conditioning man Nick Poulos, and included both players and coaches.
Almost everyone recorded personal bests in the various tests of the strength, with Jason Porplyzia proving to be No.1 in the bench press and squat - an amazing result. He's built like the proverbial brick outhouse, but dislocated his shoulder in round one of 2011 and missed the rest of the season.
Taylor Walker lived up to his billing as a power forward by ranking first for deadlift, bench pull, and the clean and jerk."

http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/crows-hitting-new-heights/1481404/

 

[mcuzzy]

got some numbers but they're likely outdated as they're from 2009-2010

Bench Press:
dane swan - 145kg
brett deledio - 145kg
daniel connors - 150kg
luke mcguane - 150kg

Deadlift:
luke ball - 195kg
tyson goldsack - 230kg

the collingwood boys are mostly very strong for afl players, they get trained by marty girvan who i think still competes in powerlifting? the players will have 1 or 2 days dedicated to heavier weights, squats, deads, bench etc. then they'll have conditioning and speed training on separate days. something along those lines anyway.

 

[SSSSSS]

Tomahawk has to be up there. He is a massive lad and has ragdolled plenty of players.

 

[Howler]

q-stick .. 200

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

No idea what he lifts but Mike Pyke has to be up there.

 

[mcuzzy]

q-stick .. 200

squat or deadlift?

 

[Upgrayedd]

q-stick .. 200

Wouldnt be suprised, I remember the ball firing off at a million miles per hour once it bounced off that brute chest

 

[PatrickBateman]

"Pre-season training at West Lakes involved up to five weights sessions a week under the watchful eye new strength and conditioning man Nick Poulos, and included both players and coaches.
Almost everyone recorded personal bests in the various tests of the strength, with Jason Porplyzia proving to be No.1 in the bench press and squat - an amazing result. He's built like the proverbial brick outhouse, but dislocated his shoulder in round one of 2011 and missed the rest of the season.
Taylor Walker lived up to his billing as a power forward by ranking first for deadlift, bench pull, and the clean and jerk."

http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/crows-hitting-new-heights/1481404/

Porplyzia has that ideal physique, short broad limbs, which are kind to power lifting.

Interesting how you could measure the 'strongest player' though. You get a Tom Hawkins size guy in a wrestle with Porplyzia, I'd say he'd handle him with one hand behind his back... He'd have 20kg on him. Kgs on a frame makes a huge difference.

 

[Superstar swan]

Lewis jetta

 

[mcuzzy]

wish there were more numbers and facts in here, rather than guesses.

the size of the guy isn't always the best indication. the strongest bench and one of, if not the strongest deadlift at richmond is luke mcguane and he's hardly a monster

 

[Mofra]

Podsiadly is reportedly strongest player at Geelong

When Stephen King first joined the Bulldogs in a coaching capacity he said the same thing. Benches & deadlifts more than bigger guys. Beast

 

[mcuzzy]

a couple of years ago bernie vince said maric had the strongest bench at the club, roughly 140kg

bet it's been smashed since then

 

[policegetthatman]

Im sure I read somewhere that Daniel Merrett was doing 175 and recently Rich also matched 175kgs.


170kg*

Thats a 170kg squat not bench press.

 

[Hoffy95]

a couple of years ago bernie vince said maric had the strongest bench at the club, roughly 140kg

bet it's been smashed since then

By Sanderson.

 

[sleep]

dasher just eyeballs the 140kg bench off the rack

 

[mcuzzy]

By Sanderson.

did sanderson sign nick poulos? seems the whole team has gotten huge since sanderson arrived in late 2011 (?)

the powerlifters seem to be the best s&c coaches, collingwood have girvan and they're all very strong now.

mick hibberd from frankston switched to getting his s&c training from a powerlifter and he gained strength, size and increased speed and agility quite quickly. next minute he's at essendon.

 

[Hoffy95]

Geelong had Max Rooke who made people around him stronger just by being in the same room.

 

[Hodgepodge]

Wilkinson is a freak athletically. Holds the record for the 2km run and yeah, broke Hunt's record for the most weight benched over the last pre-season.

That's hilarious given he's built like a twig.

 

[Chewy]

Are we talking about players from clubs that have used performance-enhancing drugs, or players who have developed their strength without chemical assistance?

 

[Sunny_]

That's hilarious given he's built like a twig.

Wilkinson? Built like a twig?

 

[Hodgepodge]

Wilkinson? Built like a twig?

Well compared to other AFL players yeah.

 

[Grizzly_82]

Jack Watts... So strong he been told by the AFL not to crash into packs for O&HS reasons.

 

[Sunny_]

Well compared to other AFL players yeah.

Probably does look a bit small compared to the big KPP's, but he's a lil' unit.

 

[imperial_oz]

Crameri was impressed.

What I want to know is how many kilos of peptides can he lift?

 

[PatrickBateman]

Maybe Daniel Rich can squat 5x175kg, but he has a trouble keeping his feet and has very little physical presence in the midfield. I realise this is off topic a little, just pointing out that his squat strength is arguably irrelevant.

He's narrow in the shoulders and doesn't look steady on his feet. Look at Gary Jnr and Pendlebury as examples of guys who are extremely hard to push around or even get off balance. They stand up in tackles and still hit handball targets time and time again... I'd even throw Daniel Kerr into that bracket as a guy smaller than them all, was like a rock.