there'll never be another Lomu,one of a kind,miss the buzz and excitement he brought to every game he played in!!

John Hart mentioned today that Jonah played most of his rugby after 1994 at 80% fitness. Amazing.

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4

2 жыл бұрын

He also said he was far heavier than 118 kg as well lol I know he weighed 134kg near the end of his career

@fletmok3548

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine what 100% would look like! 😳😬😬😬

@tommyhassan3545

2 жыл бұрын

@@fletmok3548 i dont think we will ever see another as good as him

@nodissdiss275

2 жыл бұрын

he actually played at 55%

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4

2 жыл бұрын

@@nodissdiss275 exactly 55% not 54 or 56😆🤔

Greatest number 11 of all time.

Legend! rip big man!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿

If you know the player Vickery was, you’ll really appreciate just how much of a beast Jonah was to have done that to him.

Hard to believe this game is 20 years ago this December. Time flies.

As an Englishman I still watch this in awe. We have had some faster backs but I still haven’t seen another player like Jonah. Met him once in London when he signed his book from me. Just in person he was huge. Can’t imagine what it was like for the opposition on a rugby field with that at full pelt running at you!!

and they say today's players are bigger and stronger! really? who? if Jonah was !00% today, he would still fuck everybody up!

@chewie2240

8 жыл бұрын

+normalcc I agree. It annoys me when people say that Lomu couldn't do what he did back then in today's era. He was a 6'5 120 kg winger who could run the 100 metres in 10.80 seconds, there is no other winger around today who can match those stats. Just look at what he did in this game the video is taken from, he steamrollered over 6'3 125 kg Phil Vickery and 10 minutes before that he flattened 6'2 105 kg Mike Tindall and 6'3 100 kg Ben Cohen on his way to scoring a try. It's not as if those guys are any smaller than players around today.

@johnoneill9902

8 жыл бұрын

+normalcc No, he wouldn't.... Because he'd be 40

@normalcc

8 жыл бұрын

John O'neill Shut up John!

@thuglife6851

8 жыл бұрын

niice

@johnoneill9902

8 жыл бұрын

normalcc Impossible. You would need to have a penis first

Rest in Peace Big fella✊🏾💖

It's funny how some people think Lomu is over rated but they never played rugby in there lives. It's not easy to do what Lomu did especially the level of players he did it to they weren't you average Joe's. Lomu was truly on a class of his own. RIP BIG MAN!! YOU MADE RUGBY WHAT IT IS TODAY!!

@tommyhassan3545

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone who thinks lomu was over rated is obviously a moron

@durrrr6086

Жыл бұрын

Probably health related but he was mediocre out of the 95/99 world cup. Think he still has the worst strike rate of any NZ winger who has 20 caps in the professional era

haha, what an absolute legend. much respect to him and what he achieved.

"Jonah Lomu against England : 8 tries in 7 tests. Against the Springboks 0 tries in 12 tests. " a quote from some clown on here, yea he was targeted well, but didnt stop him setting them up for the players around him to score mainly Cristain Cullen who always hovered around Lomu.

@hannotn

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Look at how many Boks players crowded Lomu whenever he had the ball and how much space that left elsewhere.

@MKRM27

3 жыл бұрын

More fool you; it reads as if you expect a South African to be something other than a clown

@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4

2 жыл бұрын

All blacks beat south Africa once by over 70 points😆 sit the fuck down lol

@xpat73

2 жыл бұрын

This!

jonah lomu is not human, he is more than that, he is a immortal

It’s a badge of honour. Ive watched hundreds of interviews, after dinner speeches, podcasts,etc and ex pros love talking about the honour of playing with the big man himself and being on the same pitch, and of course being bent double when he hands you off / steamrollers you, etc. it’s certainly no shame for even big units to have been humbled by Jonah AND they always seems to have a beer with him and the boys afterwards in the players bar. RIP big fella

Lomu is a legend that's all that needs to be said here.

No matter how many times you see footage of Jonah ........ you still shake your head and say wow

What a Beast on the pitch and a great man off it. Much loved and missed

absolute beast of a winger , no winger around today is as devasting, not savea, not skudder, nobody! and the guy was fighting a look kidney disease at the same time ! one can only imagine how much more devasting he would of been if 100 per cent

@jldp24

5 жыл бұрын

Lomu was physically..a shadow of his former self here in 2002. After the Wales game..the Last game of the tour..he was in hospital and in a bad way. Lomu in 95...is still thr most physically superior specimen ever seen.

@davidtaliai996

5 жыл бұрын

You can say the same thing about rupeni caucau. He could run around you and through you and imo was a better attacking winger than lomu. Only thing is he lacked discipline with his preparation and physical wellbeing.

@jldp24

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidtaliai996 you forgetting something..they had defensive schemes set up to stop Lomu. Backlines would deploy three players to tackle Lomu or atleast always prevent him from gathering momentum. Was the same methods used on Caucau? NO...not at all. Lomu at his best was used as a decoy for Wilson and Cullen to score tries. Caucau was great for the blues in 03. Left to play in france..played mostly second division and scored wonder tries. I think prime lomu is still the best attacking winger overall. Nadolo just as dangerous. Caucau has to be up there though.

@davidtaliai996

5 жыл бұрын

@@jldp24 they attempted to gang tackle him but he was too strong. He didnt have the spatial awareness of a joe roff or ben tune. Lomu's best friend on the rugby field was the touch line because he only had defenders coming at him from one side. It didnt matter where rupeni was on the field whether it was on the wing or in the middle he could absolutely tear you to shreds. I've never seen a player outclass those dominant brumbies and crusaders teams like he did. There's a difference between being a dominant power winger and an attacking winger.

@jldp24

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidtaliai996 you talking abt 03. That one year with the auckland blues. Did you actually watch rugby in the 90s..how old are you?

He did not sidestep vickery . Went straight for him..

@SioneDunk

4 жыл бұрын

Tongan side step hehe

That's amazing on reflection. "The Cornish Rock" and he just smashed him lol! One of, if not the most, exciting player in rugby history. RIP Jonah.

The Original Beast of World Rugby Jonah Lomu.

simpson-daniel depriving us of the ultimate duel. Greatest tackler in the history of rugby union v greatest attacker in rugby union history. RIP Big J, you're sorely missed by every England Rugby fan for your sheer excellence and humbleness. Legend.

@fletmok3548

2 жыл бұрын

Jonah Lomu did play against Brian Lima the greatest tackler in the History of rugby. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eY5pmLFtlqm6gKg.html. 🤔..😂

@merlin5420

2 жыл бұрын

Greatest tackler 😂🤣😂🤣

@merlin5420

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/eY5pmLFtlqm6gKg.html is that amazing duel 🤣🤣

He was an absolute nightmare for us, and to think most of the time he wasn't at 100%. RIP

LOL Damn I miss Jona Lomu.

"fee fi fo fum, I smell the tryline of an Englishman" haha love it!

@JonnyDredd

Ай бұрын

yes excellent quote

What a force of nature! Unbelievable power!

Springboks vs All Blacks 85 played, All Blacks won 48, Springboks won 34, 3 Draws, Keep in mind the vast majority of that period we weren't allowed to play our brown boys (star players) and South Africa didn't understand what a neutral ref was!

Taine Randell's face says, "You just killed that man."

It's like he looks for players to run into instead of trying to run around them haha what a beast. Thanks for the upload

No shame in that- big Johah put loads of great players flat on their arses- that's why we still respect and remember him all these years after his test career ended. A true great of the game.

if lomus overrated then gregan is a woman

only one n no other...Jonah the great, iz thank you for everything. RIP bradas

Given that Vickery and Lomu are matched for weight it shows the raw power Lomu had!

@andrew7440

8 ай бұрын

Also momentum.

He carries dalaglio after running through vickery. Monster of a bloke.

The Cornish rock 🤣😂🤣.. the Cornish rock just became the Cornish speed bump 🤣😂.. hats of to mr vickery tho.. gotta have big balls to try take Jonah head on 🥇🥇

So funny watching Jonny trying to take on Jona then gets fly swatted out of the way 🤣

@michaelmikeykellymikeydama5405

2 жыл бұрын

That's not Jonny 🤦

@xpat73

2 жыл бұрын

It's not Wilko...it's James Simpson Daniel.

Listen to the crowd when he gets the ball XD

Unbelievable athlete. He actually had chronic kidney failure and "50% that day" in his own words.

@georgel3657

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah steroids will do that to your kidneys. Play clean and play long

yeah but lomu accomplished what he did in the sport with a serious kidney disease. Their was a documentary done on lomu and medical specialists stated that because of his disease he was really only operating at around 50-60% of his physical potential. Now take that into consideration that the disease didn't allow him to perform at his best and it cut his career short, so what he did on a rugby pitch was pretty phenomenal! Now just think what he would of been like at 100%, unstoppable!

@jldp24

5 жыл бұрын

You have bad kidneys.you end being very lethargic and weak. He would pass out after rugby practice in 1995 at the World cup.

A special athlete

comfortably the greatest union player ever - possibly the greatest rugby player ever - its between him and Mal

We play a lot of different sports in NZ and for a country of 4 million, we are very successful and have been World Champs in quite a few.

Dallaglio did not want to know about it. "Please somebody tackle him before I have to"

look at that face determination go Lomu your the man we all enjoyed your game

0.34 Lawrence's face "fuck me!" HAHA, lomu the legend

hahahahahahah if lomu was running at me like that id gladdly move aside

i love the fe fi foe thumb i smell the try line of an english man, thank you for posting this. vickery on his arse i didn't think possable lol

At least Vickery tried to put the tackle in and slowed Jonah down. That's more than some players managed to do.

@sheldoncooper0

Жыл бұрын

Phil was a behemoth 130kg prop... and he wasn't short either (6'4). He was essentially bigger than Lomu... Of course he could just stand in front of him and it'd slow Lomu down a lot even if the tackle wasn't made... The other guys that Lomu ran into before Phil were backs sub 90kg...

@markcowley1369

Жыл бұрын

@@sheldoncooper0 That's true but at least Phil got close and put the shoulder in. Sometimes that's as much as you can do. Once he slowed Jonah down a bit, Dallaglio could try to wrap him up. Without the initial speed bump, Jonah would have just kept striding away. In a way, it exemplifies why rugby is a true team effort, like the way the Books handled him in the '95 World Cup Final. One man couldn't do it alone so three or four got the big man simultaneously.

he may not have been the most complete player, bit shaky in defence and under the high ball, work rate was low, but man he is probably the most gifted player ever in terms of speed, size and strength. To put a prop on their arse as a back is nearly impossible these days

Person and Player of a lifetime.

vickery had the laugh, he isnt worm food

After that tackle Vickery was nicknamed, Mick Jagger because Lomu turned the Cornish Rock into a Rolling Stone.

Simply the greatest of all time.

wingers running over props, whats the world come to;)

@user-eb3tw4ge6n

4 жыл бұрын

More like wingers built like props lol

@mizofan

2 жыл бұрын

reminds me of Scott Gibbs v Du Randt

haha, i was at this match. I remember it took at least 3 players to bring him down each time. England won in the end by 3 points i think. But definitely one of the best matches i've seen

You obviously have no idea what you're talking about because Jeff 'Goldie' Wilson was loved by every New Zealander, not only for his brilliant rugby but for the many other sports he excelled at. He was the last player to play for both the Black caps and the All Blacks. We also rated Kirwan, he was a great winger of the 87 world cup, we also rate Batty and Stu Wilson and Bryan Williams... the list goes on and on and on. Will Carling said it all "Lomu changed the game, simple."

The fact he never wonThe Webb Ellis Cup is crazy defo one of the greatest to play the game .

What a specimen, fuck having that running towards you at full pelt, awesome. RIP JL.

I'm from wales and england and wales are like the biggest rivals in britain when it comes to rugby but i gotta say i totally agree with u

Awesome. RIP big fella.

The Cornish rock demolished like a Cornish Pasty.

The Power and The Glory - that was Jonah !! Massive and fast, a deadly combination !!

Yes he got through one of England's best Tighthead props of all time, perhaps one of the best in the world as England has one of the best front rows, but it takes balls to go in for a tackle against him running as fast as he can, Vickery got up straight afterwards and when he went in for the tackle, Lomu stopped. This allowed him to get tackled by Lawrence Dallaglio

A Back sitting down a Prop back then - incredible really

"finalist"..............LOL! Your point about England's test record v NZ is a good one and it helps prove my point about Lomu. England have only beaten NZ a few times and many of those victories were against a NZ with the ""legendary"" Jonah Lomu. O.V.E.R. - R.A.T.E.D

JONAH ..ball in hand we had a wail/ whale of a time watching how he dismanteled intended tacklers..but respect to all those WHO had been " LOMUED " Square and fair .....every single rugby player at Heart..would have liked to accept " THE LOMU CHALLENGE " ..tackle that train / beast / or just plain ...STOP JONAH .

""He deserves an international cult following"" "He put rugby on the map"" Thank you for proving my point!

the Cornish Rock turned into a Cornish Blossom!

Please and honour to have watched him play rugby.

I just have to love the mindset you see here, what a tank! Wings these days are all about darting, evading. Even the big wings, North, Savea, Tuilagi (there's more than one in the family guys...) Gear... sure they go through people if they need to, or try to... but this monster, Lomu, 3 times in this one clip it wasn't a step outside of a defender, each and every time it was a step IN TO them.

Boxing had Ali, Basketball had Jordan, WWE had Hulk Hogan, Golf has TIger and Rugby had Jonah

0:09 LOL they trip over eachother

iv never seen a winger do something like that to a tighthead prop, especially the raging bull Vickery

What a player!

maybe this jeff wilson is better,but god damnit lomu is the most exciting to player to watch in rugby history,whenever he got the ball,everyone felt something great was gonna happen,and half the time it did.

he could have easily ran along the touchline skinning vickery on his way to the tryline bu this is lomu we are taking about. BEAST

i played against lomu with the Vancouver rowing club under 19's he was on a NZ touring team , i went blind side from the scrum from inside center and got done! by the 8 man, next year he started with the all blacks, vickery was brave but a cat cannot stop a truck

He pushed Simpson Daniel all the way back to his club side 😂

Good work by a prop ...he is back on his feet and in the defesive line moments later... Lomu does not have to knock his nuts of in the scrum !!

He wasnt on the playing field week in and out, because he was battling a severe kidney disease , watch his documentary bro.. Nz owns this sport and it originated from England... Haha, goes to show , even a small cou try like Nz can produce Rare talent, especially Polynesians.

Wilkinson was probably the best defending fly half of all time and he got rag-dolled!

@xpat73

2 жыл бұрын

Except it was not Wilko...it was James Simpson-Daniel. JSD actually gets handed off and trips up Wilkinson in the process.

Damn!!!!! that kiwi is just stomping that dude out

people dont realise he had a closeness with the english team and british public he loved it there

Lomu was truly awesome, but in fairness to England, they did find a way to stop him

inevitable head raking at the ruck however

The raging speed bump

if you had a look at the IRB rankings for the past decade you and i know which three teams have consistently been up there. we can pull out impressive statistics all day, but im proud to come from the southern hemisphere and although i have a deep respect for our northern foes, right now we are better and have been for some time.

' and that's Phil Vickery, the Cornish 'Pasty''..lol

he made Sinbad look like a school boy

This is correct. He was/is a one dimensional player-he was a monster with the ball in his hands-but that one dimension was outrageous.

That's my HERO right there!!!! Don't mess with him.

Not insulting the All Blacks, but when Lomu was playing they basically played him the ball and got carried by him. Really hope Lawrence Okoye turns to rugby again, he's 6"6, 21st and 100m in 10.7 We've got our own Lomu now!!

The number 6 all-black guy following Lomu cannot believe his eyes too at 0:35, the expression on his face is like WTF, you just did that??

RIP the greatest

i love how dawson was backing away waiting for anyone else to get there

the look on his face before contact is enough to break a tackle!!

Warrior! you should see the jonah lomu story video on here, so inspirational! He is a one off incredible man!

Hahahaha "I smell the true-life of an Englishman" hahaha great line!!

@L2ggs

2 жыл бұрын

try line, not true life...

Hahaha 'feee fi fo fum I smell a tryline' that is damn funny.

lol the way they stamping on each other to get the ball like cavemen lol