RIP Jonah Lomu

[northernladuk]

Very sad news. The guy was a legend. I think I'm going to have to spend the rest of the morning on YouTube watching him running over/through opponents wingers for fun.

[Martin Scroatman]

Very sad news. The guy was a legend. I think I'm going to have to spend the rest of the morning on YouTube watching him running over/through opponents wingers for fun.

On the bench are we?

[DaveB]

Very sad news. The guy was a legend. I think I'm going to have to spend the rest of the morning on YouTube watching him running over/through opponents wingers for fun.

He was astounding in his day and the start of the trend towards much bigger, more physical players. These days he'd not look out of place in any of the major teams.

Way too young to be gone though.

[Dallas]

On the bench are we?

Tw@t

[Pondlife]

He was astounding in his day and the start of the trend towards much bigger, more physical players. These days he'd not look out of place in any of the major teams.

Way too young to be gone though.

WDS.

Definitely changed the game.

[DaveB]

Tw@t

WDS+1

Dug out some old quotes from when he first appeared.

"I've seen a lot people like him, but they weren't playing on the wing." - Colin Meads (1995)
"There's no doubt about it, he's a big bastard." - Gavin Hastings (1995)
“He is a freak and the sooner he goes away the better” - Will Carling (1995)

[I just need to test it]

My (false) memory of the 1995 World Cup is of Lomu incessantly rumbling over the tryline while half the Japanese side clung onto him. Yet Wikipedia indicates he didn't even play in that game.

It didn't seem fair, somehow, watching games where his opposite number would be desperately trying to tackle him - like a flyweight trying to outbox a heavyweight.

[WTFH]

My (false) memory of the 1995 World Cup is of Lomu incessantly rumbling over the tryline while half the Japanese side clung onto him. Yet Wikipedia indicates he didn't even play in that game.

It didn't seem fair, somehow, watching games where his opposite number would be desperately trying to tackle him - like a flyweight trying to outbox a heavyweight.

...that was the England team, not the Japanese.

[psychocandy]

NZ v England. Lomu goes past a few people, got Mike Catt the full-back to beat.

I'm sitting in a bar in Menorca (I think) on my own with loads of English people. I shout "Go through him". And Jonah does. Luverly....

I wasn't popular for cheering.

Awesome player. Very sad.

[LondonManc]

WDS+1

“He is a freak and the sooner he goes away the better” - Will Carling (1995)

Dug out some old quotes from when he first appeared.

Jeepers. If in doubt, don't upset Will Carling!