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,
school taught
I went to a boarding school with a strong Maori tradition, where we were taught all about the haka.
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.
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,
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.
until worked
Until 1998, I worked in marketing at ASB bank. I loved it.