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Largest Centre Pairing Ever ?

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Post by sirtidychris Fri 06 Feb 2015, 3:46 pm

Bath are putting out Banahan and Burgess this weekend against the Ospreys. I reckon this is the biggest centre pairing in the history of the game

Banahan
(6 ft 7 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb

Burgess
(6 ft 5 in)
Weight 116 kg (18 st 4 lb)

Combined height: 13ft
Combined Weight: 35 stone 9lbs

Anyone think of one bigger that have actually taken to the field together ?

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Post by TightHEAD Fri 06 Feb 2015, 4:22 pm

Scary stuff.

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Post by Shifty Fri 06 Feb 2015, 6:01 pm

Just run around them...

To me it's a bit like putting Derwyn Jones and Martin Bayfield in as your lock pairing, big yes, talented... no!
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Post by Cardiff Dave Fri 06 Feb 2015, 6:29 pm

French and Saunders?

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Post by yappysnap Fri 06 Feb 2015, 6:47 pm

Ironic as their usual pair is probably one of the smallest around!

Who partners Bastaroud at Toulon?

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Post by Rory_Gallagher Fri 06 Feb 2015, 8:00 pm

yappysnap wrote:Ironic as their usual pair is probably one of the smallest around!

Who partners Bastaroud at Toulon?

Maxime Mermoz.

Those 2 centres are the same size as your average second row combination.

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Post by VinceWLB Fri 06 Feb 2015, 9:03 pm

I think i remember a Tongan pairing with both centres over/close to 120kg.

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Post by wayne Sat 07 Feb 2015, 5:00 pm

sirtidychris wrote:Bath are putting out Banahan and Burgess this weekend against the Ospreys. I reckon this is the biggest centre pairing in the history of the game

Banahan
(6 ft 7 in)
Weight 110 kg (17 st 5 lb

Burgess
(6 ft 5 in)
Weight 116 kg (18 st 4 lb)

Combined height: 13ft
Combined Weight: 35 stone 9lbs

Anyone think of one bigger that have actually taken to the field together ?
Didn't do them much good Bath 10 Ospreys 13

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Post by Welly Sat 07 Feb 2015, 5:06 pm

:p

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Post by TJ Sun 08 Feb 2015, 7:41 am

Could be the slowest as well.

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Post by yappysnap Sun 08 Feb 2015, 11:46 am

Who'd have thought playing some locks in the backs wouldn't work...

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Post by formerly known as Sam Sun 08 Feb 2015, 12:14 pm

Two centres. One who can't pass and one who can only pass off his good hand and they don't inspire ball in hand. Who'd have though it.

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Post by Bathite Sun 08 Feb 2015, 2:57 pm

Didn't have another option with injuries and England duty

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Post by lostinwales Mon 09 Feb 2015, 11:14 am

Watching the highlights last night they actually seemed to do OK. I don't think it was their fault Bath lost .

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Post by king_carlos Mon 09 Feb 2015, 4:47 pm

TJ wrote:Could be the slowest as well.  

Now now TJ, can we please refrain from insulting the eternal glory of:

12.Tindall 13.Noon

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Post by hugehandoff Mon 09 Feb 2015, 5:00 pm

Fiji V Wales in the AIs were huge. They lost 13 - 17 to Wales and fielded a massive set of backs. A 19/20 stone centre paired with Goneva of Leicester who must be pretty big. I think the average for all the backs was 17 st and was described as the heaviest in rugby history.

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Post by Tiger/Chief Mon 09 Feb 2015, 8:08 pm

Nemani Nadolo was the Fijian Centre
196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
125 kg (19 st 10 lb)

Vereniki Goneva
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
97 kg (15 st 4 lb)

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Post by rodders Tue 10 Feb 2015, 9:58 am

Haven't Roberts and North played together for Wales?

Nonu and SBW were a hefty old pairing too but I reckon Slammin Sam and Bananaman takes some beating?
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