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09-14-2016, 05:35 AM
Nine-year-old rugby player smashes through other children like it's NBD
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Youth sports are meant to be about participation and improving motor skills. Building friendships, even.
But the highlight reel of 9-year-old Meaalofa Te'o at an Australian rugby league tournament would surely strike fear into the hearts of other kids on the field, and likely their parents too.
SEE ALSO: These guys are slam dunking on top of a speeding train (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/slam-dunking-on-a-train/)
You see, Te'o is much, much bigger than the kids that he's playing against.*
He easily steamrolls through their attempted tackles, even slowing down at points to stiff arm opposing players — which turns more into throwing them down to the ground.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/beastly-rugby-kid-player/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Youth sports are meant to be about participation and improving motor skills. Building friendships, even.
But the highlight reel of 9-year-old Meaalofa Te'o at an Australian rugby league tournament would surely strike fear into the hearts of other kids on the field, and likely their parents too.
SEE ALSO: These guys are slam dunking on top of a speeding train (http://mashable.com/2016/09/06/slam-dunking-on-a-train/)
You see, Te'o is much, much bigger than the kids that he's playing against.*
He easily steamrolls through their attempted tackles, even slowing down at points to stiff arm opposing players — which turns more into throwing them down to the ground.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/beastly-rugby-kid-player/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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