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Mattiew_- says on 24/Jun/08
99% of rugbymen's heights are exactly what they are listed at .
Lomu is one of the rare exceptions IMO , looking a strong 6'4 but no 6'5 .
Having met him in person I think he was a bit shorter than 6'5 maybe 194cm when standing straight in his prime ( has an horrible posture )
To Rob : Zinzan Brooke is 192cm and was about 105kg ( 235 ) back in his playing days :)
I reckon he can look pretty average on the screen , but afterall his height isn't surprising considering he was playing 8 and his bro Robin is 197 cm :) dmeyer says on 2/Mar/08
does look 179 by rob
Big T says on 10/Feb/08
I saw Parore again..he still looks over 5'9", although he's always wearing these pretty chunky looking Nikes, so I think maybe 5'9" on the button is probably right, but he looks taller in the flesh because of his lean proportions- funny cos on TV he always looked stocky and compact
Lance Hohaia, NZ rugby league player, is listed at 175cm but is really 170cm, no more, possibly less. Seen him many times.
Another short arse is Auckland rugby player David Smith, listed at 171cm which I think is accurate. He actually seemed taller than Hohaia. big t says on 4/Feb/08
John Key, leader of the National party in NZ, is between 5'9 1/2" and 5'10"....seen him up close and standing still twice now in my shop....whenever I see anyone half-way famous I always think of this site lol Big T says on 30/Dec/07
Also...Rob Waddell (Olympic gold medal winning rower) is 6'7", as he is always listed, and New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori is close to the 6'4" he is often stated as being, although maybe more in the 6'3 1/2" range Big T says on 30/Dec/07
Another NZ sportsman for yall.....Adam Parore, former NZ cricket wicketkeeper, and currently B-grade local celeb as he owns "Adam Parore Mortgages" and is married to Sally Ridge, who is the ex-wife of Matthew Ridge, who is a former rugby league and rugby international and well known TV personality..if you can follow all that
I figured Parore would be about 5'8", to my shock he gave me the impression of being 5'10" plus! This is a guy who, like most wicketkeepers, always seemed to be the shortest guy on the field. I even remember reading a profile where he listed his own height as "not much". However, I do have a tendency to think that people are my height when they are actually shorter (funnily enough, I know other people who have the opposite tendency, not sure why), so my conservative estimate is that he's 5'9", which is still taller than expected. All the other evidence is that he can't be more than 5'9", yet in the flesh he looked at least this tall. Big T says on 24/Dec/07
yeah. Zinzan is about 6'3" I would say. And probably around 240lbs in the old money. Big T says on 7/Dec/07
Another one on rugby- tonight I saw former All Black Ant Strachan. I'm 179cm, and I got ample opportunity to really size him up. I decided on 175cm/5'9". Looked him up and he is listed 175cm exactly!
[Editor Rob: one time at the airport years back I remember seeing the all blacker Zinzan Brook. I had thought he was just average guy for some reason, but was very surprised to see how big and tall he was. I'm talking many years mind you... ] Big T says on 12/Sep/07
I mentioned Hodges in a post that seems to be deleted
When Hodges had that fight with Grothe in Origin, Grothe was clearly at least 2 inches taller. However, Grothe is listed 187cm and Hodges 190cm.
I also mentioned Melbourne- Inglis is listed 197cm yet often stands next to 190cm Matt King and looks shorter OutBenchThis says on 11/Sep/07
NRL players aren't always accurate. A few recently i've met that have been listed at 195cm (think Melbourne Storm) would be about 191-192cm and others such as Justin Hodges (broncos) who is listed at 190cm (sometimes listed at 192cm!) would be 188cm..I think the smaller players around 5'9"-6'0" are pretty accurate in their measurements but the taller guys hieght's can jump up dramatically..the AFL players are the same..Jonothan Brown (Brisbane Lions) is 191-192cm but gets listed at 195cm (and is referred to as a "big 6'5ft" )..AFL draft system states it measures players in barefoot but i think thats a crock..more likely they are measured in their boots or atleast in training shoes..a friend of mine is looking like he may get drafted to a melbourne club in the AFL, I'll have to ask him how his height is measured, without sounding like a weirdo. ian says on 11/Sep/07
i reckon rugby players heights are usually pretty accurate. Have to agree with big T about Lomu. Never quite looked the 6'5" he was billed. The second rows really towered over him so i don't think he was fully 6' 5". Maybe 6'3" - 6'4". Another one i doubt is ireland centre gorden darcy. Listed as 5' 11" he always looks 2 inches shorter than Brian O'Driscoll Big T says on 10/Sep/07
hmmmm. Plenty over the years, I guess. I ran into Marc Ellis twice over the last week or so, me and him are almost identical height (I am exactly 179-179.5cm barefoot). I looked him up and found a listing at 178cm- something tells me if he was an actor, particularly American, he would advertise himself as being about 6'1''!
Jonah Lomu is one I have a big question mark over, he was always referred to as 6'5'', but to me he never looked that tall compared to other rugby players, and when I met him I thought he was about 6'3'' max.
Lots of NZ Warriors players, e.g. Simon Mannering who I have seen in person twice, he is definitely taller than the listed 190cm imo, probably at least 193cm. Also, there were a lot of photos taken earlier this year with Warriors players bosing with WWE wrestler Batista. Batista is listed at 189cm on this site last time I checked, with some people arguing for him to be shorter, but interestingly he looks massive next to the Warriors players.....although I think the 189cm is about right. He looks about the same height when standing next to 189cm Manu Vatuvei, but MUCH bigger, which is worth noting for American fans since Vatuvei is, in American terms, about 250lbs.
Just generally I think it would be interesting for us Antipodean heightaholics to have something closer to home to talk about lol. JK says on 10/Sep/07
Steve Thomson is a Legit 6'2'' if not 6'2.5'' OutBenchThis says on 10/Sep/07
Big T, which sportspeople have you seen and in what sporting code(s)? I know a lot of NBL players (past & present) and a few NRL and AFL players..some heights more dubious than others.. Big T says on 10/Sep/07
Often I actually think heights/weights for rugby and league players are slightly low, especially when weights are taken very early in a player's career and not changed when he beefs up in the gym. Also they are often a little inaccurate, but are as often underestimates as overestimates.
btw I've met/seen a lot of NZ/Australian sportspeople who I could comment on, any chance of expanding the site in this way? Jason says on 10/Sep/07
Rubgy listed heights/weights are the most honest of the lot. I think they're all pretty much 100% accurate.
[Editor Rob: they are accurate but in Britain they don't list half inches, so all the guys who fall between. I noticed even the clubs in cm, i.e. Northampton, they are just converting from the inches. In Australia I see they actually list 185, 186cm etc...] dmeyer says on 9/Sep/07
he does look 2.5 in over you so 5'10.5 no less OutBenchThis says on 9/Sep/07
Ben Cohen looks 6'3" not 6'2" here in both the photos..
[Editor Rob: in second pic cohen is closest to camera by a few inches, but this is an example of how legit 6ft 2 guys should look (not your leo "6ft 2" dicaprios ;) )
both thommo and cohen are proper 6ft 2ers, in person very similar height, thommo slight edge. Bracken looked very similar to dawson, his 5ft 11 seems rounded.] JK says on 9/Sep/07
Matt Dawson looks bang on 5'10.5'' |
