@@thecoderofyoutube that was a good hard tackle that never went past the horizontal and arms were not through the legs. Contact with the head is the main issue today and fair enough. The current interpretations however are a knee jerk reaction and ruining the game.
I remember being like 14 years old when this match happened that little run was significant in Rugby 🏉 as we never saw many Speedstars like Howlett and Robinson go against each other
@@jordan67064 Disagree, Howletts best 10.68, Robinsons best recorded 100m 10.67.... Howlett is probably faster towards the end. Of course those are best times at different times in their career.
@@jordan67064 Not a chance. Howlett didn't have Robinson's acceleration or sidestepping ability. He might have been slightly faster flat out, but Robinson's ability to beat men was almost unrivalled, except perhaps by David Campese.
Pause around 0:40 you can compare the distance the players have from the goal post, and clearly Robinson is atleast 12-15 metres closer to the goal post. Now when you measure the circumference between the two players and the distance they would have to run to score near the corner post, it's pretty much even. If it were anyone else, Robinson would've caught them but it was none other than Dougie Howlett.
In Rugby 08 Howlett's speed are rated at 95 whilst Robinson's are at 92, Bryan Habana at 94, Breyton Paulse at 95 and Rydell, Rocokoko at 91, Rupeni at 97 and a Japanese winger...
Over 20-30m I'd back Robinson due to his acceleration off the mark (note in this Howlett runs onto the ball at pace and this makes a big difference), but anything over that then Howlett every day of the week
I'm a kiwi, but I'm sure if the roles were reversed Jason Robinson would have scored in that situation also. Saying that, when Howlett was at his peak he was rapid, he had great rugby instincts, and importantly his timing was deadly accurate.
@DavidHURST1 the angle's confusing you. Robinson may be 20m away from him to the side, but he's also 20m further back than him, meaning that in the time it would have taken Howlett to run 20m forwards, Robinson should have had time to cover those 20m sideways. Howlett is faster.
@tennisrulesok We're still going on about this? Howlett has to run a good 60m diagonally, Robinson has to cover about 30-40m, Howlett beats him easily. It's closer than the commentators make it out to be. But he still beats him. Robinson's faster over 10m, Howlett's faster on anything over that.
What a stupid headline , Robinson was no where near Howlett when Howlett received the ball. THis is not a one one one. Superman wouldn't have caught Howlett from that starting point. The fact is Howlett did not burn Robinson in this play
Howlett epitomizes consistency. He wasnt spectacular, but damned if wasnt dependable as an AB. Theres a little fellow named Rupeni Caucaunibuca. Probably the greatest one on one, two, three, four player beater to never have reached the heights of international rugby recognition.
@DavidHURST1 How are you not getting this. They are the same distance from the corner. Howlett is closer to the touchline by 20m, Robinson is closer to the try line by 20m. The corner is in between, meaning the 20m cancel each other out. And looking at it, Howlett doesn't even go all the way to the corner, meaning Robinson has 5m less to run than Howlett, Howlett is also carrying a ball (slowing him down), yet Robinson still doesn't get near him. Pause at 0:40!! GO LOOK AT THE STATS WEBSITE!!!
Lol robinson is agile but he isnt a sprinter. I remember watching an interview he done and he said he used to get smoked at training by martin offiah when he was at wigan warriors. I doubt over the 100 offiah would be faster than howlett.
Tevita phillips, why you talking to me like that! Can't you disagree without being a mug about it? I don't agree with you, name a player with better agility?
Lmao of at the people saying Robinson was catching him, the same summer elton flatly outran Robinson. Over 80m, Robinson was electric over 20m but over 50m no one on the rugby planet was catching Doug
But Jason was 100% quality.. Doug was pretty average unless in acres of space. King Jason Rules. Only Jonah Luma compares and he was 30 times the size... Love them both
Whoever make rugby 08 need a slap didn't make this guy faster or star but every single England player faster and star that never heard of them before 🤦♂️
@kazy234 hahaha so the only reason Robinson couldnt catch him was "because doug ran away from him"???? So are you saying the only reason Doug score is because he ran faster than Robinson..... Wow thats a dumb comment!
@187prettyboy ok howlett isnt actually a sprinter by trade he is a rugby player by trade. nor did he run 10.68 electronic. he may have run 10.68 hand time with a big tail wind but not electronic. howlett probably would break 7 seconds for the 60m though. and your point is flawless robinson was exremely nippy with side steps almost like an nfl running back.
At ruclips.net/video/FwUkFz3e8mk/видео.html when you freeze the pic you can see Robinson has him covered and should have easily tackled him. However Robinson had not fully recovered from being in the ruck a few second earlier which affected his chase.
@@wonka8656 Eh no. He got destroyed. Howlett has to take a path that is curved to avoid the straight cross field trajectory of Robinson. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line which is largely the way Robinson runs in this against a curved run of Howlett. So they are not covering the same distance. Plus Robinson is explosive over much smaller distances not large ones. Howlett would win this race nearly every time.
No he isn't dumbass its call "angle" even a slug could get Usain Bolt if give the right angle of pursuit and Robinson had that agnle on him but Howlett was just quicker and fast enough to beat it.
+Jaks2much A slug could beat Usain Bolt? Lay off the hard drugs mate. Robinson was running faster there but his distance was further than Howlett's. Robinson started on the other side of the pitch FFS.
Adam Napier Other side of the pitch? He was in the middle of the pitch! He didn't get close. Over 100m Howlett would have beaten Robinson by at least 5m.
Quite and Ronbinson runs about 37m and Howlett 30m, Robinson is 1 metre short of making the tackle, even Howlett taking the ball at speed Robinson takes 6metres out of Howlett. Howlett isn't quicker he just had a vastly shorter distance to get to the point where they would theoretically intersect.
@bingsarac9 dude dougie caught the ball on the half way line and ran approximately 60 meters to where their paths crossed while robinson was 35 meters from the side line and ran at an angle where he ran for approximately 50 meters. their is no debate. look at the pitch dimensions you will see they showed it on tv and mapped it out. stop the video at 1.09 thats where you will see you are wrong dougie had a further distance to run
I left a comment on this video about two months ago (it can be seen in highest rated comments) and watched the video again today. Sooo many pointless comments still being written. Some guy measured the gap between the two players with a ruler!? Come on! Two of the games speedsters up against each other and Howlett won fair and sqaure. Robinson got verrry close but its plain and simply a good old fashioned BURN.
man that whole clip was fun to watch. today would struggle to get away with that lifted tackle tho, surely. love the pommy commentators, they love their rugby where as the south africans or aussies would spend their time moaning unless things went their way
@43aaronlewis Based on your stats, I think u'll find as a proportion of tries scored per game Robinson (1.87) beats Williams (1.3)! Im assuming these stats are taken over the same time period?! Williams is a very good winger but not the calibre of Robinson. Duel code international, with blistering speed and a crazy side step.
@jonnyrmsy a better rugby player? bold claim, yes very good at scoring tries but i wouldnt be so sure about that. remember its robinson whos got a world cup winners medal and happened to score in that final, has howlett been to one?
I'd rather have howlett on my team because of the fact that he had the tendency to always be there when you needed an extra man as well as being one of the fastest all Blake's we've ever had he was also quite solid for a winger, and howlett was fast then Robinson but Robinson had better acceleration and was far more agile.
With the angle, Howlett probably ran about 50m to the try line, Robinson is about 35m out, and covers about 20m towards the touch line, so he probably ran about 40m. Robinson got burned. Bloody good effort to almost catch him though.
@darroth48 Errmm no hes not. I dont know who your looking at but its not Robinson. Robinson should've caught him he was moving to cover befor Howlet broke the line. He's actually run a shorter distance than Howlet as well..... he got burnt pure and simple
Jason Robinson is known more for agility than outright pace. There is a clear difference. Howlett is a 100m sprinter by trade. Whereas Robinson is a jinky kind of runner, good stepper, but probably does not have the straight line speed over 60metres.
Come on guys! Jason Robinson is VERY quick off the mark, but he was on his own 22m line when he shot across to make the tackle!!! Howlett got the ball on the 10m line and had further to run than robinson! (Robinson ran ACROSS THE FIELD!) Two great players and a great try in the end.
There are different types of speed, you can have a guy who can run fast in a straight line like Howlett, or a guy who can jink past 6 players like Robinson.
Come on guys! Jason Robinson is VERY quick off the mark, but he was on his own 22m line when he shot across to make the tackle!!! Howlett got the ball on the 10m line and had further to run than robinson! (Robinson ran ACROSS THE FIELD!) Two great players and a great try in the end. He was beaten for pace, its as simple as that...
@jonnyrmsy top try scorer stats are actually pretty irrelevant when you think about it. the top try scorer ever is japanese, would you say he is the greatest wing ever? i havnt ever denied howlett is faster than robinson and a good finisher, but robinson was far more dangerous, creative and adept rugby player
Sarah Schuster Barton I think most people would take Robinson because he offered a greater threat to create something out of nothing. The All Blacks have many great wingers and Howlett was a good player, but there are very many of his own country men who would get picked ahead of him
Just saying that refs now would probably blow that up straight away and deem it dangerous.. Do you not think refs are being to soft on the tackle at the moment?
I think "smoked" or "burned" is the wrong word, he was beaten rather easily but smoked is harsh. Robinson had a much larger distance to cover and started standing still. It is surprising he got as close as he did considering howlett is quicker over that sort of distance and that he was running with momentum before receiving the ball. Despite this Robinson put in a valiant effort but howlett still beat him.
@eddyd63 Thats not a very good argument. Players like McCaw were in the All Blacks team that, as per usual, disappointed at that world cup. McCaw, Howlett and others were the best players in their positions at the time. Just becuase they didnt happen to pick up a winners medal after the final doesnt make players such as Jason Robinson better. Also, who was the top try scorer in that world cup? Howlett? Yeah.
I've seen it. Howlett has to turn around. Watch him catch up at the end. Go on google, you can find all the player stats and what they're like over 100m.
@duncandohnut1993 Bullshit, just watch both players running on the wide screen angle. Robinson runs way faster than Holwett. He only scores cause Robinson has way more distance to cover as well.
Doug Howlett burns him up here because Jason Robinson was being weighed down by his heavy gold World cup winners medal and the dvd of his try in that game. Doug Howllett has nice hair though!
Robinson was destroyed in that little test of speed, the fact is doug howlett would smoke him because of the top end speed he has, robinson as you can clearly see had a sharp angle so made him look a lot faster, he was running the width of the feild not length like doug howlett was, robinson was put to the test, and he well lost.
@eddyd63 Aside from the japanese players, other top try scorers are/were world class obviously. I think its unfair to claim that Robsinson was a much more creative player. That would indicate that Howlett was just standing in the right place at the right time to finish off other players' hard work (Chris Ashton does this well of course), which is by the way a skill in its own right and something that made Howlett such a feared attacking option. Like any good wing he made tries for himself too.
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Munster legend, I'll never forget him for all the great moments he gave us!
Noone complained about that Marty holah tackle just shows how soft the games gone
*or* player welfare has had to increase given the increase in fitness, strength and speed of collisions in the modern game? Just a thought.
@@thecoderofyoutube that was a good hard tackle that never went past the horizontal and arms were not through the legs. Contact with the head is the main issue today and fair enough. The current interpretations however are a knee jerk reaction and ruining the game.
I'm English and Howlett is one of my favourite players of all time - rapid, powerful, strong and great in the tackle too - the perfect winger really
I remember being like 14 years old when this match happened that little run was significant in Rugby 🏉 as we never saw many Speedstars like Howlett and Robinson go against each other
Howlett smokes Robinson over the 100, probably 60 too. Robinson does him over 30-50 meters.
Robinson does 100m quicker than howlett
@@wonka8656 wrong dougie would destroy Robinson.doug howlett was a track and field sprinter
@@jordan67064 Disagree, Howletts best 10.68, Robinsons best recorded 100m 10.67.... Howlett is probably faster towards the end. Of course those are best times at different times in their career.
@@jordan67064 Not a chance. Howlett didn't have Robinson's acceleration or sidestepping ability.
He might have been slightly faster flat out, but Robinson's ability to beat men was almost unrivalled, except perhaps by David Campese.
@@MrHistorian123 reckon cheslin Kolbe’s up there as well. Mullered us in the final lol.
Great quick reaction by Tana to steal that ball back. And great run by Howlett.
Monday - May 3, 2021.
Howlett was already in full flight, the fact that Robinson even touched him is a bloody miracle.
Fair match Robinson got burned
To be honest, looking at their starting positions Jason was closing the gap. Billy Wiz was faster
Doug Howlett💪
What touch lol
Robinson didn't touch him at all haha
Damn New Zealand will never have a winger that are as fast as Howlett and Rokocoko... best wing combo ever
Early days yet.....but Reiko Ioane is the fastest man in New Zealand rugby.
Umm I say he's fast,but 2nd fastest ab yet,he couldn't catch beauden Barrett earlier this year in super rugby,he's still growing 🏉🇳🇿
After these guys NZ decided they would go back to wingers who ran over other wingers
Phillip Brooks Barrett blitz ioane I remember that game
But they announced the abs fastest and reiko was and still is
Bullshit. Robinson had to run 30 metres across the pitch, as well as trying to catch Howlett. Misleading headline!
Pause around 0:40 you can compare the distance the players have from the goal post, and clearly Robinson is atleast 12-15 metres closer to the goal post. Now when you measure the circumference between the two players and the distance they would have to run to score near the corner post, it's pretty much even. If it were anyone else, Robinson would've caught them but it was none other than Dougie Howlett.
In Rugby 08 Howlett's speed are rated at 95 whilst Robinson's are at 92, Bryan Habana at 94, Breyton Paulse at 95 and Rydell, Rocokoko at 91, Rupeni at 97 and a Japanese winger...
Doug howlett NZ school sprint champion.
Over 20-30m I'd back Robinson due to his acceleration off the mark (note in this Howlett runs onto the ball at pace and this makes a big difference), but anything over that then Howlett every day of the week
What about jasons stepping
I'm a kiwi, but I'm sure if the roles were reversed Jason Robinson would have scored in that situation also. Saying that, when Howlett was at his peak he was rapid, he had great rugby instincts, and importantly his timing was deadly accurate.
@DavidHURST1 the angle's confusing you. Robinson may be 20m away from him to the side, but he's also 20m further back than him, meaning that in the time it would have taken Howlett to run 20m forwards, Robinson should have had time to cover those 20m sideways. Howlett is faster.
Wish dougie still played for ABs... NZ misses you bro! hope you're having fun with Munster. Great team.
@tennisrulesok We're still going on about this? Howlett has to run a good 60m diagonally, Robinson has to cover about 30-40m, Howlett beats him easily. It's closer than the commentators make it out to be. But he still beats him. Robinson's faster over 10m, Howlett's faster on anything over that.
What a stupid headline , Robinson was no where near Howlett when Howlett received the ball. THis is not a one one one. Superman wouldn't have caught Howlett from that starting point. The fact is Howlett did not burn Robinson in this play
Curraghrun He burned him mate get over it
Why the fuck would you bring a fictional guy into the equation? Hahaha idiot!!!!
Dee Brownboi look at the view from 1:11
Howlett was lightning on the field
Howlett epitomizes consistency. He wasnt spectacular, but damned if wasnt dependable as an AB. Theres a little fellow named Rupeni Caucaunibuca. Probably the greatest one on one, two, three, four player beater to never have reached the heights of international rugby recognition.
faaaarr out. robinson covered so much ground!
Paul Jones is spot on.. Robinson covers a shit load of ground, and still almost gets to Hewlett.. Watch the video people!!! Burnt?? Yea right....
Howlett had more distance to cover and still skint him
Robinso cover 25m+ just to get to howlett
Doug howlett. Legend! Sad that he's not playing anymore tho D:
Dougie and Lomu on the wings... Jesus
@DavidHURST1 How are you not getting this. They are the same distance from the corner. Howlett is closer to the touchline by 20m, Robinson is closer to the try line by 20m. The corner is in between, meaning the 20m cancel each other out. And looking at it, Howlett doesn't even go all the way to the corner, meaning Robinson has 5m less to run than Howlett, Howlett is also carrying a ball (slowing him down), yet Robinson still doesn't get near him. Pause at 0:40!! GO LOOK AT THE STATS WEBSITE!!!
Lol robinson is agile but he isnt a sprinter. I remember watching an interview he done and he said he used to get smoked at training by martin offiah when he was at wigan warriors. I doubt over the 100 offiah would be faster than howlett.
@kazy234 but if doug n robinson went head to head who would win?
@43aaronlewis What is your friends name who plays for the gwent dragons?
Why is this video surprising? Jason Robinson isn't the fastest but easily has the best agility in modern era.
Sam Logan piss off he was good for England lol. Nothing special in terms of agility in southern hemispere
Tevita phillips, why you talking to me like that! Can't you disagree without being a mug about it? I don't agree with you, name a player with better agility?
Heard of Cullen or Rupeni?
this is a ridiculously bombastic titled video. As has been said look at the physics, different angles and momentum.
Lmao of at the people saying Robinson was catching him, the same summer elton flatly outran Robinson. Over 80m, Robinson was electric over 20m but over 50m no one on the rugby planet was catching Doug
Spaz
Rupeni Caucaunibuca says hello
yes 03 rupeni smokes any howlett
But Jason was 100% quality.. Doug was pretty average unless in acres of space. King Jason Rules. Only Jonah Luma compares and he was 30 times the size... Love them both
Jeremy Merrifield rupeni was much better. Robinson was good for england but many players as good southern hemisphere
Robinson dive and hope to tap howlett cause he knows he couldn't catch him never land a hand on howlett shows he got burn
Whoever make rugby 08 need a slap didn't make this guy faster or star but every single England player faster and star that never heard of them before 🤦♂️
Legend, great career, he'll be missed
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Seen how much ground Howlett makes though?
@kazy234 hahaha so the only reason Robinson couldnt catch him was "because doug ran away from him"???? So are you saying the only reason Doug score is because he ran faster than Robinson..... Wow thats a dumb comment!
Robinson had the angle and still got skinned. Howlett was clearly quicker.
@187prettyboy ok howlett isnt actually a sprinter by trade he is a rugby player by trade. nor did he run 10.68 electronic. he may have run 10.68 hand time with a big tail wind but not electronic. howlett probably would break 7 seconds for the 60m though. and your point is flawless robinson was exremely nippy with side steps almost like an nfl running back.
too much difference between them. No chance for jason to tackle him
I don't know, Robinson looked quicker, look at the view from 1:11
At ruclips.net/video/FwUkFz3e8mk/видео.html when you freeze the pic you can see Robinson has him covered and should have easily tackled him. However Robinson had not fully recovered from being in the ruck a few second earlier which affected his chase.
Na he got smoked
Robinson got smoked....Get over it
+TheBadhorses robinson is flying, he covers double the distance , your blind mate.
TheBadhorses look at the view at 1:11
Double the distance?!! Fucken bullshit! Lol.
Bruh Robinson quicker than howlett Robinson also came across the pitch from 25m away so the fact he even got near howlett is remarkable
@@wonka8656 Eh no. He got destroyed. Howlett has to take a path that is curved to avoid the straight cross field trajectory of Robinson. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line which is largely the way Robinson runs in this against a curved run of Howlett. So they are not covering the same distance. Plus Robinson is explosive over much smaller distances not large ones. Howlett would win this race nearly every time.
what does commentator say at 1.30, something about waikato
Robinson is clearly gaining on him and running faster in the sprint, but the distance is just too great to connect.
No he isn't dumbass its call "angle" even a slug could get Usain Bolt if give the right angle of pursuit and Robinson had that agnle on him but Howlett was just quicker and fast enough to beat it.
+Jaks2much A slug could beat Usain Bolt? Lay off the hard drugs mate. Robinson was running faster there but his distance was further than Howlett's. Robinson started on the other side of the pitch FFS.
Adam Napier Other side of the pitch? He was in the middle of the pitch!
He didn't get close. Over 100m Howlett would have beaten Robinson by at least 5m.
Dreaming....he got smoked.
Quite and Ronbinson runs about 37m and Howlett 30m, Robinson is 1 metre short of making the tackle, even Howlett taking the ball at speed Robinson takes 6metres out of Howlett. Howlett isn't quicker he just had a vastly shorter distance to get to the point where they would theoretically intersect.
@bingsarac9 dude dougie caught the ball on the half way line and ran approximately 60 meters to where their paths crossed while robinson was 35 meters from the side line and ran at an angle where he ran for approximately 50 meters. their is no debate. look at the pitch dimensions you will see they showed it on tv and mapped it out. stop the video at 1.09 thats where you will see you are wrong dougie had a further distance to run
I've just emerged from the Amazon. Which way to New Zealand?
Another thousands of miles away.
What are u talkn about? Jason Robinson had to run diagonally. But Doug just had to run straight. Jason Robinson is definitely quicker
Howlettt was a fantastic winger- he never got the respect he deserved imo.
robinson covered more ground and almost caught him too
Hmmm...Didn't Ben Cohen burn Howlett in this game?
I left a comment on this video about two months ago (it can be seen in highest rated comments) and watched the video again today. Sooo many pointless comments still being written. Some guy measured the gap between the two players with a ruler!? Come on! Two of the games speedsters up against each other and Howlett won fair and sqaure. Robinson got verrry close but its plain and simply a good old fashioned BURN.
i dont know why youre saying he got burned - he had further to run - watch the replay !
Those were the days; What a star.
@kazy234 You obviously aren't familiar with the speed it takes to go AROUND some one.
fast as lightning - there's only one dougie wonderland
man that whole clip was fun to watch. today would struggle to get away with that lifted tackle tho, surely. love the pommy commentators, they love their rugby where as the south africans or aussies would spend their time moaning unless things went their way
@43aaronlewis Based on your stats, I think u'll find as a proportion of tries scored per game Robinson (1.87) beats Williams (1.3)! Im assuming these stats are taken over the same time period?!
Williams is a very good winger but not the calibre of Robinson. Duel code international, with blistering speed and a crazy side step.
He had all the advantage, I know which one I'd want in my team
@Sterlingjob you're kidding, right?
@biglittlejujitsuman where did i say robinson is not nippy, i was talking about straight line 100m
..hope he recovers and re-signs for munster,he's been our best (outside) back consistently for the past few seasons...
Oof, the tackle by Holah. And man, look at that speed from Howlett, ridiculous.
@jonnyrmsy a better rugby player? bold claim, yes very good at scoring tries but i wouldnt be so sure about that. remember its robinson whos got a world cup winners medal and happened to score in that final, has howlett been to one?
I'd rather have howlett on my team because of the fact that he had the tendency to always be there when you needed an extra man as well as being one of the fastest all Blake's we've ever had he was also quite solid for a winger, and howlett was fast then Robinson but Robinson had better acceleration and was far more agile.
With the angle, Howlett probably ran about 50m to the try line, Robinson is about 35m out, and covers about 20m towards the touch line, so he probably ran about 40m. Robinson got burned.
Bloody good effort to almost catch him though.
I wouldn't call that "burning". Jason runs from the other side of the pitch to get within arms reach of Howlett, who is running away from him.
@darroth48 Errmm no hes not. I dont know who your looking at but its not Robinson. Robinson should've caught him he was moving to cover befor Howlet broke the line. He's actually run a shorter distance than Howlet as well..... he got burnt pure and simple
@wasp000 watch the replay , robinson has further to run mate
@Auxois wtf where you from
Jason Robinson is known more for agility than outright pace. There is a clear difference. Howlett is a 100m sprinter by trade. Whereas Robinson is a jinky kind of runner, good stepper, but probably does not have the straight line speed over 60metres.
Come on guys! Jason Robinson is VERY quick off the mark, but he was on his own 22m line when he shot across to make the tackle!!! Howlett got the ball on the 10m line and had further to run than robinson! (Robinson ran ACROSS THE FIELD!) Two great players and a great try in the end.
There are different types of speed, you can have a guy who can run fast in a straight line like Howlett, or a guy who can jink past 6 players like Robinson.
Or a a guy like Rupeni Cacaunibuca who just beats anyone and everyone!
@Auxois i know that how did you know that he plays for gwent dragons tho
Who won this game?
England 31-28
Come on guys! Jason Robinson is VERY quick off the mark, but he was on his own 22m line when he shot across to make the tackle!!! Howlett got the ball on the 10m line and had further to run than robinson! (Robinson ran ACROSS THE FIELD!) Two great players and a great try in the end. He was beaten for pace, its as simple as that...
@DavidHURST1 no, they're the same distance. Simple geometry. DUH
Man U dumb Robinson covers 25m+ aswell as he was behind howlett and yet almost caught him
Look at highlights dumbass
@jonnyrmsy top try scorer stats are actually pretty irrelevant when you think about it. the top try scorer ever is japanese, would you say he is the greatest wing ever? i havnt ever denied howlett is faster than robinson and a good finisher, but robinson was far more dangerous, creative and adept rugby player
This guy serious ? Jason Robinson is good, but he's not at the howletts level
Sarah Schuster Barton I think most people would take Robinson because he offered a greater threat to create something out of nothing. The All Blacks have many great wingers and Howlett was a good player, but there are very many of his own country men who would get picked ahead of him
Not too many. He'd be one of our very fastest, I think that is what she is referring to.....speed.
Howlett was a school boy sprinter and Jason Robinson was quick too.
just goes to show how fast Lomu was. commentator here says howlett is 10.68, Jonah was 10.65 and obviously twice howlett's size
@tiny789 ps had another one going with who was the best middleweight boxer ever,
but that just got silly cheers.
Just saying that refs now would probably blow that up straight away and deem it dangerous.. Do you not think refs are being to soft on the tackle at the moment?
I think "smoked" or "burned" is the wrong word, he was beaten rather easily but smoked is harsh. Robinson had a much larger distance to cover and started standing still. It is surprising he got as close as he did considering howlett is quicker over that sort of distance and that he was running with momentum before receiving the ball. Despite this Robinson put in a valiant effort but howlett still beat him.
no he wasnt howlett had more distance to run it showed it on tv
The 14 dislikes are from the English I presume, so I'm welsh and just like the video!
Howlett is an 11 second sprinter. No way Robinson could catch him in any scenario.
@darroth48 He's a fullback. He was already in position at the back and was there before Doug even touched the ball. He also had the angle on Howlett.
Robinson does have to cover the width of the pitch though...
But Jason Robinson has to run something like 30 meters thurther than howlet on the angle
@eddyd63 Thats not a very good argument. Players like McCaw were in the All Blacks team that, as per usual, disappointed at that world cup. McCaw, Howlett and others were the best players in their positions at the time. Just becuase they didnt happen to pick up a winners medal after the final doesnt make players such as Jason Robinson better. Also, who was the top try scorer in that world cup? Howlett? Yeah.
I've seen it. Howlett has to turn around. Watch him catch up at the end. Go on google, you can find all the player stats and what they're like over 100m.
@duncandohnut1993 Bullshit, just watch both players running on the wide screen angle. Robinson runs way faster than Holwett. He only scores cause Robinson has way more distance to cover as well.
Doug Howlett burns him up here because Jason Robinson was being weighed down by his heavy gold World cup winners medal and the dvd of his try in that game. Doug Howllett has nice hair though!
Robinson was destroyed in that little test of speed, the fact is doug howlett would smoke him because of the top end speed he has, robinson as you can clearly see had a sharp angle so made him look a lot faster, he was running the width of the feild not length like doug howlett was, robinson was put to the test, and he well lost.
@spartanchipmunk sorry about spelling, wireless keyboard, connection plays up a little if you type fast
@43aaronlewis mate just on the side of this comment there is a jason robinson tribute, please watch that
i bet jason robinson was like FUUUCK!
@eddyd63 Aside from the japanese players, other top try scorers are/were world class obviously. I think its unfair to claim that Robsinson was a much more creative player. That would indicate that Howlett was just standing in the right place at the right time to finish off other players' hard work (Chris Ashton does this well of course), which is by the way a skill in its own right and something that made Howlett such a feared attacking option. Like any good wing he made tries for himself too.
Blinding speed. Awe from Papua New Guinea!
No wonder Robinson couldn't catch him. He was weighed down with his world cup medal;)
howlett doesn't even look like hes sprinting..
Would definately NOT say Robinson got "Burned" as Robinson made more ground tracking accross field....