Lomu, Jonah Tali

Lomu, Jonah Tali

▪ New Zealand athlete
born May 12, 1975, Auckland, N.Z.

      New Zealand rugby union football player who was perhaps rugby's first global icon and a remarkable player.

      Lomu was the youngest person to play for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, debuting on the wing at age 19 against France in 1994. The following year, he was named Player of the Tournament in the Rugby World Cup and was the first All Black since 1905 to score four tries against England in a Test (international) match. At 6 feet 5 inches (1.95 metres) and 275 pounds (125 kg), Lomu was exceptionally large for a wing player. Blessed with great speed (he ran 100 metres in under 11 seconds) and power, he was difficult to stop and often ran over opponents. He held numerous World Cup records, including career tries at the tournament (15) and most tries in a single World Cup (8, at the 1999 World Cup). He was the youngest player to score 10 Test match tries and the first to score 12 Test match tries in a year. At times Lomu struggled to retain his fitness, and a kidney ailment forced him out of rugby for six months in 1997. Despite these setbacks, Lomu had through 2002 played 63 tests as an All Black, scoring 37 tries. In 2001 he helped New Zealand win the Rugby Sevens World Cup.

      From 2002 Lomu was dogged by health problems. He suffered from nephrotic syndrome, which forced him to undergo a kidney transplant in 2004. Afterward he attempted several comebacks, all with limited success.

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