Physically strongest man in Rugby?

Question

Physically strongest man in Rugby?

Answer 1

andrew sheridan, jerry collins, carl haymen, the tualangi brothers and oz du randt, there all extremely powerful guys.

Answer 2

Andrew Sherdian has the un-official reputation of being the strongest man in rugby, 1 RM's are : bench presse: 215 Kg, and squat : 275 Kg.

As mentioned above, Carl Heyman is also a colossal tower of strength too. Im not sure what his 1 RM for anything is, but i've seen a clip of him squatting 250 kg for a fair few reps.

However there are a few Tongans who rep 220! But obviously arent as high profile or well known as Sheridan or Heyman.

Austin Healey also wrote in a newspaper article that when he told Henry Tuilagi (his Leicester team mate) that Sheridan maxed out on the bench press at 250, Tuilagi loaded on 250 and repped it! The link to that is below.

However I don't think we will ever know who the strongest man in rugby is, as like already said, some people are better and stronger on certain exercises. It is too much of a generalised term, and to find out who is stongest on what it should be more specific e.g Strongest bench presser, Strongest sqautter etc

Answer 3

Sione Lauaki or Brad Thorn

Answer 4

Andrew Sheridan? he is  a near Olympic class weightlifter, as well as being a prop

Answer 5

Christian Cullen had the best ever bench press to weight ratio when he first joined the All blacks. Plus he dropped one of the spingbok locks with one punch backin the day, no mean feat.

Answer 6

really andrew sheridan, go and checks his body siza stats, they mop the floor with other players...

Answer 7

Carl Hayman looks pretty strong ...

The Bok forwards are huge...so I'd have to put a few of them up there....

If Andy Sheridan is near an Olympic weightlifter as another person has written then Carl Hayman would have won gold if he was lifting against Sheridan because he certainly had his number at scrum time...and I'm sure he'd have his number at weights too....

Answer 8

Brad Thorn, who else. He picked up Smit like he was a kitten.

Answer 9

jerry collins... who knows really

Answer 10

At what, Bench, Dead Lift.  There are many different ways you can be tested.  I bet no matter who is named that in another area of Lifting or Pulling Weights that someone else will be stronger!!!