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Away from home in Singapore & just heard - really sad news. Just 40yo & has 2 young boys. Lovely bloke who really lifted both the game & our country. RIP
That came as a shock. Sensational on the field at his best. But even better off the field. Never complained about his health and always humble and generous. Some of todays sports stars should take note.
I met him once when my kids were invited to a coaching event before a Help For Heroes game. Even though none of the kids had ever seen him play they were all over him. A lovely man, he seemed very shy but was prepared to make time for everyone.
Tragic. Loved watching him play. Was at the game where he bulldozed the English backs... probably did more to encourage better English defensive strategies than any English coach.
Worth watching over and over again. Being Welsh people assume I know everything about rugby and I remember at the time all sorts of people who had no interest in any sport saying to me. 'What about that Jonah Lomu, Isn't he amazing ? And he comes across as such a modest guy in the interviews " Everyone loved him. RIP Jonah
Not a rugby follower either, but I saw those games and the arrival of this unknown giant trampling over all and sundry was an iconic moment in sport. As everyone lese has said, he seemed humble and decent, too. Very sad.
RIP.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
Not a rugby follower either, but I saw those games and the arrival of this unknown giant trampling over all and sundry was an iconic moment in sport. As everyone lese has said, he seemed humble and decent, too. Very sad.
RIP.
He was a Mangere boy, which, at that time, for a Maori or Islander (he was part Tongan) youth meant that he'd likely get into mischief. Which he did.
But going to Wesley College straightened him out.
Have a look at their sporting alumni. They can field their own All Black side.
Very sad news, I had the privilege of seeing him play several times (including his final test in 2002). Never met him, but saw him up close and he was huge, saw an interview with him a while ago on Sky Sports, in it he said that he'd be very lucky to reach 55. His achievements should be all the more incredible because he was actually ill or had problems at least growing up, it's terrifying or mouth watering to think what he might have done had he not had kidney problems. In the past 4 years I believe he needed dialysis every other day after his kidney transplant failed in 2011. Truly a shame he didn't win a world cup as he certainly deserved to do so. Someone described him as rugby's Pele, and in a way I agree in terms of what he means to rugby rather than winning a WC.
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