I went to Westlake Boys High. In 1991 the Under 15 side came back from a tournament in Whakatane. The Senior master complained that the Wesley College Number 8 was massive and had destroyed Westlake's finest. That player was Jonah Lomu.Lomu was a wrecking ball on the field, But off the field he was a shy ,kind and humble South Auckland lad

I saw him at Changi Airport once, my flight was delayed, he was signing autographs for at least 3 hrs. Soo humble.

I got hooked to rugby as a young lad in 1995 .It was simply because of Jonah Lomu.He was a menace on the rugby field but a shy guy behind the cameras..Gone Too Soon #RIPChamp

There has been great players in the past .But this giant of a Legend stood taller than all of them .And propelled this sport to another level never seen .A once in a lifetime player of the sport .Like Usain Bolt was to Athletics. Sadly missed to this day .RIP big man and love to your family x

❤❤❤❤ Still to this day my number one fav rugby player of all time. 🙌 🙌

The True n Real "TONGAN THOR" born in raised AOTEAROA PROUD. There WILL NEVER be another devastating 6'5 Polynesian, who runs 100 metres in 10.89 secs, n slices through a whole rugby team like a hot knife through butter like Jonah for a very very long time. R.I.P Legend, Ofa atu Toko....😇👊🇳🇿👊🇹🇴👊😇

Jonah Lomu was the Michael Jordan of rugby to me when I was growing up, when I played basketball I wanted to be like mike, when I played rugby I wanted to be like Lomu

Saw him play once when he ran thru 8 or 9 Yarpies for the Blues scored under the post with 3 guys hanging on, 1996....and in the city once and my god his thighs were the biggest I had ever seen on a human...would have walked into NFL and been a star...what a legend

Loved Jonah. God Bless. RIP Brother

SAD YOU GONE BROTHER GOD WILL GREET YOU WITH OPEN ARMS BLESS YOU AND RIP

I am still crying...what a destiny 😭

The videos a bit misleading. His career wasn’t over in 1996… He only had to retire at the end of 2003, while still playing in the earlier part of the year. The kidneys are supreme at compensating, that’s why people don’t realise they had kidney disease unless it’s end stage where at least 90% of the kidney function is lost. Jonah wasn’t functioning as normal until he reached close to end-stage Renate disease.

Fantastic man ! Legend

Good video. But was diagnosed late '96, was out for the '97 Super Rugby Season and came back later that year - not 9yrs later

brilliant video mate loved it tho wonder if you could make one about his life now including the rugby he plays now and his bodybuilding? just an idea tho but still full rescpect for the vid

Incredible! Inspirational! I didnt know this about this great man. This here is a maori warrior!

Amazing, amazing man....!!!!

He is amazing

He's huge bastard but also a legend!!

amazing

6’5” isn’t a body weight last time I checked 😂

How heavy is 6,5?

I thought Jasin Goldsmith was the youngest debutant 18years (not test)

he weighs 19stone

Heres the tune kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZ-DbJZiusjMhIU.html

:'(

@wanit wanitchanon lol? he is 1 of the nicest persons they knew in rugby