As Hall ran in that try (past us in the South Stand) I immediately turned to my lad and said "What's happened to his speed?" .....
I've checked against the game on tv and from his first running step to crossing the line (ie- discounting taking the ball under his arm and the final stoop to ground the ball) he covered 90m in 11.1 seconds ...... that's terrible compared to a couple of years back ..... no wonder Reilly was able to run back on a diagonal (probably 100m+) and still get to him.
I can only assume, as with Atkins for us, he now spends more time doing upper body strength work in the gym than he does on his flexibility and sprint co-ordination.
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