Jonah Lomu
Jonah Lomu
Jonah Tali Lomu, MNZMwas a New Zealand rugby union player. He was the youngest ever All Black when he played his first international in 1994 at the age of 19 years and 45 days. Lomu finished with 63 caps and scored 37 international tries. He has been described as the first true global superstar of rugby union and as having a huge impact on the game. Lomu was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame on 9 October 2007,...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth12 May 1975
doorstep life playing seems turn
Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.
boo people
It annoys me when people who don't know what they're talking about boo the referee.
I was diagnosed with the illness right before the 1995 World Cup.
ended field guy racing running scoring sick straight
I was this guy who'd been racing around down there, on that field in 1999, running straight over people, scoring tries, winning games, having fun. And I ended up so sick I couldn't even run past a little baby.
I was only operating at about 80% of my capacity.
afford boots crooked fit toes wearing
I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.
best fully people
I always say to people that you have never seen the best of me, and that's what I mean - I've never been fully fit.
until worked
Until 1998, I worked in marketing at ASB bank. I loved it.
training
For me, I want to get into training and make the squad,
proper unison war
Each haka has its own interpretation, but you have to make sure you are in unison with your team-mates; the haka should be a proper war cry.
injury june match season shoulder took
The shoulder injury I incurred during the match in June took me out of the NPC season in New Zealand,
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Where do I start? My former manager, Phil Kingsley-Jones, is Welsh, and I've spent a lot of time in the Principality, and I am looking for a challenge and a platform which will allow me a standard of rugby which will allow me to prove to my critics that I am not some washed-up has-been,
school taught
I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka.
bowl goldfish
It will be much more of a goldfish bowl when I go back to New Zealand.