The new wheels aiming to take Mack Hansen to the next level
Ireland winger Mack Hansen is hoping that the latest iteration of the Canterbury Speed Infinite Elite boot can give him a crucial edge at the upcoming Rugby World Cup in France.
The ex-Australia U20s pick has become a regular in recent times in Andy Farrell’s world No1-ranked Irish XV and the Canterbury ambassador has been road-testing his latest new boots – the lightest the company have ever made – at Ireland training in recent weeks ahead of the finals.
A statement read: “Off the back of the launch of the Speed Infinite Elite boot, which at 217 grams is Canterbury’s lightest rugby boot ever made, they have released a brand new purple colourway.
"Speed Infinite Elite is Canterbury’s most advanced product and draws on the brand’s 119 years of heritage and rugby knowledge, combined with futuristic technology and materials to meet the needs of a modern elite player.
“Inspired by the infinite possibilities of the universe, the purple pack joins the already available black variation of the boot in Canterbury’s LIMITLESS collection.
"Speed Infinite Elite is also available in a white and glow-in-the-dark HYPERNATURE colourway, inspired by bioluminescence and the power of the South Pacific Ocean.
“Taking further inspiration from nature, the FLIGHTBEAM outsole was devised from the shape of a Furcula (or wishbone) and provides extra reinforcement and stiffness, supporting the midfoot and boosting explosivity as you accelerate off the mark.
“Produced from a 97 per cent bio-based outsole with Pebax RNEW material made from castor bean oil, FLIGHTBEAM reinforces the integrity of the midfoot, allowing explosive energy transfer through acceleration, perfect for the speed-oriented player.
“Using artificial intelligence to power its design and strip out unnecessary weight, the Speed Infinite Elite have been inspired by science pioneer Alan Turing’s reaction-diffusion algorithm to apply embroidered stitch reinforcement to targeted areas in the most efficient organic pattern.”
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Some interesting stats that just proved what my first impression of NZ’s drive to speed up Rugby Union would amount to - fine margins here and there to cut a few seconds off the game and nothing else. To do more there would have to be wholesale changes to the game like doing away with scrums, lineouts and bringing back the ELV’s to have free kicks instead of penalties. Very little chance of it happening but, in the end, Ruby Union would be a 15-man version of Rugby League. There are reasons why Rugby Union is globally more popular that Rugby League and what NZ are also not considering is the unintended consequences of what they want to achieve. This will end up turning Rugby Union into a low value product that will not be acceptable to the paying public. If people really wanted a sped-up version of rugby, then why is Rugby Union globally way more popular than Rugby League? Rugby lovers all over the world are also not stupid and have seen through what NZ are trying to achieve here, selfishly to bring back their glory days of dominance over every other nation and compete with Rugby League that is dominant in Australasia. NH countries just don’t have the cattle, or the fantastic weather needed to play like NZ SR franchises do so good luck to whoever has to try and convince the NH to accept going back to the days of NZ dominance and agreeing to wreck the game in the process. I have serious doubts on the validity of the TV stats presented by GP. All they did was expand the broadcasting base by putting it on free to air, not even any indication of arresting the continued drop in viewership. Match day attendance goes hand in hand with broadcast ratings so if there was an increase in the one you should expect to see it with the other. However, the drop in match day attendance is very evident to the casual highlights package viewer. The only club who looks to be getting solid attendance is the Drua. I am calling it now that NZ’s quest to speed up the game will fail and so will the vote on the 20-minute red card.
Go to commentsIt’s a good, timely wake up call for NZ Rugby (seem to be a few of them lately!) - sort out the bureaucratic nonsense at board level. We can’t expect to stay the number one option without keeping fans/players engaged. We’ve obviously been bleeding players to league for years but can’t let the floodgates open (although I think this headline is hyperbolic as it’s a result of a recent Warriors pathways system where they are tracking things more closely) Understand the need to focus boys on rugby if they’re at a proud rugby school too, don’t think it’s harsh at all re Barakat in Hamilton. Reward the committed players with squad positions. An elite 1st XV system in NZ has done more for league than they even realise, think it’s good to protect our game further.
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