Jason Saab has shot into the frame as the NRL s fastest man after the winger eclipsed Josh Addo-Carr s 2020 top speed in Manly s round-one loss to the Roosters.
Storm star Addo-Carr, long regarded as the game s quickest, topped last year s Telstra Tracker speed leaderboard with 37.2km/h.
While Addo-Carr still holds the overall record having reached 38.5km/h in 2019, 20-year-old Sea Eagle Saab has thrown down a challenge to the NSW representative by motoring to 37.5km/h on Saturday.
Speaking to NRL.com in February, Saab backed himself as the fastest at his new club while renowned sprint coach Roger Fabri clocked the ex-Dragon at sub-seven seconds over 60 metres with a walking start.
Despite that impressive list, 20-year-old recruit Jason Saab reckons he s the quickest of the lot. I have to believe in myself, of course. No arrogance at all, but I’d like to put myself up there, the ex-Dragons winger told NRL.com. But there are some fast people. Tommy Turbo - he s called Tommy Turbo for a reason. Gazza as well is pretty fast. Tolu, he s a track runner, he s run 10.58 [seconds over 100 metres] on the track. I ve never run on the track . It would be very close for sure.
Despite standing at 199cm, Saab surprisingly ranks only third or fourth when it comes to vertical leaping at the club.
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profiles a classy Shark with plenty to play for in 2021.
At 29 and after two injury-cruelled campaigns, off-contract Shark Matt Moylan knows there s an awful lot riding on this season.
Hamstring and calf issues have hampered the silky playmaker, with the former Panthers captain s frequent time in the casualty overshadowing his ample class and talent.
But to use a well-worn rugby league cliche, Moylan is said to have trained the house down this pre-season, getting plenty of kilometres into his legs to build his most solid platform in years.
And he took the initiative of reconnecting with renowned sprint coach Roger Fabri, who tweaked his running mechanics in the summer.