{"id":124082,"date":"2021-09-04T09:23:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T09:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=124082"},"modified":"2021-09-04T19:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T19:01:09","slug":"the-amazing-race-nrl-world-was-crying-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=124082","title":{"rendered":"The &#039;amazing race&#039; NRL world was crying out for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NRL fans were treated to one of the most hyped foot races in the game when Cowboy Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Manly&#x27;s Jason Saab squared off in Townsville.<\/p>\n<p>During the opening three minutes of <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/north-queensland-cowboys-v-manly-warringah-sea-eagles-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"North Queensland&#x27;s clash with Manly\">North Queensland&#x27;s clash with Manly<\/a> today, arguably the NRL&#x27;s two fastest men were forced into a near 100-metre sprint after Tabuai-Fidow pounced on a loose ball in defence before going the length of the field for the opening try of the game.<\/p>\n<p>For fans, the highlight of the Cowboys speedster&#x27;s try was Saab&#x27;s chase down, which saw the Manly winger come across and eat up the metres as he made contact with Tabuai-Fidow who was 20 metres away from scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Saab, his attempt at a tackle didn&#x27;t go as planned, with Tabuai-Fidow brushing the contact before crossing the try-line.<\/p>\n<p>It was a moment that left Fox Sports commentator Andrew Voss and former rugby league star Greg Alexander in awe.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b5462bdb-f058-4360-905d-2f5db3b13127\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b5462bdb-f058-4360-905d-2f5db3b13127\" alt=\"The Hammer and Saab square off. \" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s going down in third gear all the way down the field, with Saab who we know is a speedster. That was an amazing chase,&quot; Voss said in commentary for Fox Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander added: &quot;I don&#x27;t think Hamiso could&#x27;ve gone any quicker&#8230; Saab had him for speed, gobbled him up very quickly, but then he couldn&#x27;t make the tackle.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>While Tabuai-Fidow was nearly chased down despite the head start, the Cowboys winger left the field minutes later and did not return due to a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I thought he (Hamiso) had another gear,&quot; Voss said.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander replied, &quot;I don&#x27;t think he did, I&#x27;m sure he would&#x27;ve felt Jason Saab coming&#8230; I don&#x27;t think he could&#x27;ve gone any quicker.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That shows you how quick Jason Saab is.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"\" title=\"clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>clicking here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NRL fans were treated to one of the most hyped foot races in the game when Cowboy Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow and Manly&#x27;s Jason Saab squared off <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=124082\" title=\"The &#039;amazing race&#039; NRL world was crying out for\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124084,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124082\/revisions\/124084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}