As Super League 2015 kicks off, we highlight the 10 players we would LEAST like to be tackled by
ven if you're not an avid rugby league fan, the return of Super League is exciting news. Why? Because of the hits - and we're not talking about the pop music you might hear at a game.
Watching the man-mountains that will be on show this season smash into each other is always an incredible sight.
But who are the biggest, hardest, scariest hitters? We've selected the 10 Super League stars no sane individual would ever want to try and stop…
Mose Masoe
The biggest unit in the whole competition and already a cult favourite at champions St Helens. The 19 stone, 6ft 4ins Samoan prop - nicknamed the Smiling Assassin during his NRL career - causes mayhem with every socks-down, hit-up. He dumped England forward George Burgess unceremoniously on his backside in last year’s Four Nations.
Remi Casty
Back in Super League after a year out at Sydney Roosters, the Catalans front-rower and French international is remembered for ambushing little Luke Robinson. The Huddersfield scrum-half, smallest bloke on the pitch, was blindsided by Casty back in 2013 and is probably still looking over his shoulder right now. Oooooooooooh-la-la.
Fuifui Moimoi
OK, OK, he’s not playing in Super League - but it is impossible to ignore the man with the best name in sport. With his afro, lion-mane or braids charging in, the huge Tongan has been a crowd pleaser Down Under for years. He’ll be in the Championship with Leigh Centurions this season. Fearsome, and so powerful he was given his own G-Force category in an Australian experiment to measure how hard these blokes hit.
Ashton Sims
Warrington’s new recruit has heaps of tattoos, loves Metallica and looks like a superhero. He smashes opponents like one too. Just ask Aussie Test forward Nate Myles, who claimed Ashton and his brother Tariq were ganging up on him when his Gold Coast Titans side took on North Queensland Cowboys. He also said Ashton was Thor…and had a hammer.
Lopini Paea
Paea joins Wakefield Wildcats with a reputation as a hitman - but he has great potential to be a hitmaker off the pitch too. The 30-year-old Tongan teamed up with brother Mickey and Kiwi international Sam Perrett when they were at Sydney Roosters to sing an old Motown number. If you think he can’t sing, perhaps best to keep your opinions to yourself.
Kylie Leuluia
Forget that first name…this guy brings the beef again and again. But away from the heat of battle the softly spoken 18-stone Leeds forward is a Mormon who says religion is behind everything he’s achieved in the game. Leuluai has been one of the most consistent performers in recent years in the top flight. Brett Hodgson felt his full force in the 2012 Challenge Cup Final.
Harrison Hansen
Hansen will lead from the front when he captains Salford City Reds. Hansen is another tattooed chunk of Samoan heritage and has always been renowned for his relentless tackling. When big forward meets little half-back there’s usually just one result… and Widnes scrum-half Joe Mellor copped it when Hansen knocked him into the middle of next week.
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