SA Footy

There was a good article in the Eastern Courier by Jai Bednall and Reece Homfray this week in regards to time trials from 7 out of the 9 SANFL clubs.

There were certainly a few surprises with the quickest players from each of the clubs with the overall fastest time matching that of the fitness freak from Port Power Kane Cornes as well as bettering that of the Crows fittest player in Nathan Van Berlo.

Here are the players, club represented and the times they recorded :

Tom Rischbieth (Sturt)....................................... 9:21
Gareth Bowes (Port)...........................................9:29
Kieran McShane (Centrals)...................................9:52
Tom Butler (South).............................................9:54
Alex Stopp (Norwood).........................................9:59
Mark Ruwoldt (Glenelg)......................................10:05
David Piasente (West).......................................10:21
Dale Armstrong (North)......................Not releasing time
Woodville West Torrens...................... run a 2.2km trial

Not surprised that Tom Rischbieth’s time is up there at top AFL standard, he is renowned for his amazing fitness level and was a leader in time trials at Port Power when he was on their rookie list back in 2006.

Runner up Gareth Bowes was recruited to Port Magpies this year, renowned for his high level of fitness, after a season playing with fellow Port recruit Jordan Barham at Gisborne in the Bendigo Football League.

Third place was Centrals Tasmanian recruit Kieran McShane. Playing all season in the reserves last season, Kieran’s fitness level will hopefully see him push for a league game this season. Has done well to beat League co-captain Paul Thomas.

Tom Butler lead the way at Noarlunga with Mark Ruwoldt the front runner at Glenelg, former Bloods skipper David Piasente was first past the post at West Adelaide and surprisingly, 18 year old key defender Alex Stopp managed to clock the fastest time at the Parade over his fellow Redleg teammates.

Do AFL clubs release the times for these trials as well?
It would be interesting to compare.

I learnt something when reading the article - that Tom Rischbieth is a key forward (does he play chf in the Reserves??)

GWW wrote:I learnt something when reading the article - that Tom Rischbieth is a key forward (does he play chf in the Reserves??)

Yeah, I scratched my head a bit when I read that to GWW

From the 3 or 4 Sturt reserves games I saw when Tom played, he was mainly playing on the ball and resting off a hlaf forward flank.

smithy wrote:Do AFL clubs release the times for these trials as well?
It would be interesting to compare.

Yeah, the article included Kane Cornes' time of 9:21, matching Rischbieth and I think Nathan Van Berlo's time was the same as Gareth Bowes at 9:29. Not a bad effort from some of the front runners to be equal or better to that of top AFL midfielders.

You'll find about 30 sec difference between your average AFL player for 3 km time trial and average SANFL player.

You can but that down to the additional volume of training tehy can fit in. Not much difference in intensity (feedback from AFL players at a SANFL club) but there is less time spent training (volume)

Maybe we're going to have an SANFL Grand Final sprint this year, eh?

While always interesting to know what the elite athletes run. Is there a way to find out what the middle pack of players are running. Would like to know if they all finish in under 11:00 mins. would be intresting to know. Anybody got any info to share on this would be very keen to find out.

Cheers

Big Phil,

you may be happy to hear the top 3 runners at Centrals ran 10.06 or better and they all bet Paul. That was also on one of the hot days so good times for them.

Not so slow after all

Spot wrote:Big Phil,

you may be happy to hear the top 3 runners at Centrals ran 10.06 or better and they all bet Paul. That was also on one of the hot days so good times for them.

Not so slow after all

Hey Spot,

Good to hear that the boys are at a high fitness level...

Do you know how young Ashley Duncan went in his time trial. I know he is a pretty fit lad and has an athletics background so I assume he went pretty well.

Cheers,

BP

Great times by all the lads !!!

Lets see who get the footy the most ???

Exactly. It means nothing unless you can get the ball but more importantly use it correctly.

http://carltonfc.com.au/tabid/4311/defa ... wsid=69623

Judd 10:33 ( Does not tell you distance )

http://portadelaidefc.com.au/tabid/6038 ... wsid=71161

K.Cornes 9:21 ( 3 km )

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/news.asp?nid=5462

Heath Hocking 10:48 ( Ess 3.2km )

Booney wrote:http://carltonfc.com.au/tabid/4311/default.aspx?newsid=69623
Judd 10:33 ( Does not tell you distance )

From the time I'd guess the old 2 miles [3.2K] like Essendon's rather than the 3K some other teams use.
[My best in my youth was 11 minutes for 2 miles.]

I don't care what times these guys run. It's amazing how slow you look when you are chasing someone who has the ball.

Time trials in footy arent much of an indicator of speed, rather they display a level of fitness. I think these numbers are not that important in footy as getting to the right spots at the right times is more important than running around flat knacker for 10 mins. As a younger fella i ran under 9 mins for 3km but wasnt overly fast off of the mark so although very fit, was still not super fast off the mark so spent time chasing more often than not, like AH said.

Big Phil wrote:

Spot wrote:Big Phil,

you may be happy to hear the top 3 runners at Centrals ran 10.06 or better and they all bet Paul. That was also on one of the hot days so good times for them.

Not so slow after all

Hey Spot,

Good to hear that the boys are at a high fitness level...

Do you know how young Ashley Duncan went in his time trial. I know he is a pretty fit lad and has an athletics background so I assume he went pretty well.

Cheers,

BP

Big Phil,

There has been some underage testing done over the last 2 weeks and there was a kid from Central (only 16 years old) and he ran 15.9 in the beep test. The best effort at a Draft Camp is 15.6.
Do you who this kid would be and whether he can kick and catch as well?

Psyber wrote:[My best in my youth was 11 minutes for 2 miles.]

Was that in the 1907 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost or the 1950 Mark VI Bentley ?

Adelaide Hawk wrote:I don't care what times these guys run. It's amazing how slow you look when you are chasing someone who has the ball.

It's even more amazing when the person chasing the ball carrier is quicker than them and catches them and wins the footy for holding the ball !!!

Big Phil wrote:

Adelaide Hawk wrote:I don't care what times these guys run. It's amazing how slow you look when you are chasing someone who has the ball.

It's even more amazing when the person chasing the ball carrier is quicker than them and catches them and wins the footy for holding the ball !!!

Yes, amazing because of the few times it happens.