Author(s): Jonah Lomu

Sports & Athletics | Secondhand

There has never been a rugby player like him. Few people have had such an impact on their sport as Jonah Lomu did on rugby. Jonah was a phenomenon. With ball in hand and the tryline in sight, even sometimes 60 or 70 metres distant, he was a Gullivar to the Lilliputian defenders in his path. He was a sight opposing players dreaded; he was a marvel of his age. The tale of Lomu the extraordinary rugby player is also the tragedy of Lomu the man. Fate dealt him strength and speed and fame, but it also dealt him a cruel blow that no young person should have to suffer. At the height of his powers, lomu learnt he had a crippling kidney disease that would one day end his rugby career. With characteristic frankness and honesty, he talks about hoe he balanced the highs and lows of his life, prolonging the one while knowing the other would eventually catch up with him.

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