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Watch: Ngani Laumape's blockbusting runs en route to hat trick for Kobe Steelers

Ngani Laumape

Ex-All Black Ngani Laumape scored a hat trick in the Kobelco Kobe Steelers’ 58-36 victory over Hanazono Kintetsu Liners, producing a one-game highlight reel that most players would only dream of cooking up over a season.

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The midfielder’s tries themselves were secondary in entertainment value to his bulldozing runs in centre field, the 103kg former Super Rugby star brushed off tackles left and right, freeing his upper body for the offload with ease.

When his raw power wasn’t needed, Laumape employed his pace and ultimately crossed the chalk three times in just his second outing for the club.

Before his move to France in 2021, Laumape openly expressed his dissatisfaction with his place in New Zealand’s midfield pecking order, claiming to feel overlooked as he continued to put in game-breaking performances.

“Yeah, pretty disappointing,” Laumape said of his lack of game time at the international level. “I think I offer something in the midfield that no other midfielder can offer in New Zealand. At the end of the day it is a business, they did what they had to do and I have to do what is best for me and my family and my kids. There are no hard feelings, I understand it is what it is.”

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peter_qld 949 days ago

Rugby Pass - your Facebook pöst's headline says "WATCH: etc ... Except there is no video to watch is there? If there is, where is it?

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Pn 948 days ago

It's the embedded twitter video at the bottom no?

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Kevin 950 days ago

Shades of Lomu?

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Tom 53 minutes ago
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Well that is scientifically correct but I've never thought of him as being especially short. He seems to be about the same height as Furlong, fairly average prop size. I think his massive quads give the illusion that he's shorter.


https://extra.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/1-70.jpg


Even though squatting the same weight requires more force for someone with longer levers, his max squat may be significantly higher than some other props. There is a vid of him repping out 230kg for a set of 8 and he's reputed to have a 1RM of 350kg so by anyone's standards, regardless of how short you are, that's very strong.

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