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
training
For me, I want to get into training and make the squad,
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,
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.
school taught
I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka.
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.
boo people
It annoys me when people who don't know what they're talking about boo the referee.
rugby surreal whole-life
Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didnt just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.
fitness opportunity long
It's been a long road back to health and fitness for me. I am just glad to have been given the opportunity to do what I love most.
fields incredibles
The biggest thing for me is just to get out on that field. Just to do that will be incredible.
doctors training possibility
Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair
until worked
Until 1998, I worked in marketing at ASB bank. I loved it.