Lomu was 1.96m and 120kg. The most impressive part is he ran 100 metres in 10.8 seconds. The people he comes up against in this video are all international players. Nobody was bad, he was just insane. The sport with the helmets and padding is American football or NFL. This sport is rugby. I won’t go over the differences because there’s too many.
Very true about the differences but it's worth pointing out that soccer (aka Association Football), Rugby Football (both League and Union varieties), and American Football all come from the same roots. They just took different rules. Rugby allowed players to pick the ball up. NFL allowed passing forwards and tackling players without the ball. That's the main differences, for the casual viewer (scrums, rucks, line-outs are just details of how some set plays are done in Rugby). And yes. Exactly. He played at international level against the best players in the world, in some of those videos. In soccer terms, it's be like having to face Maradonna (or Michael Jordan in Basketball). There was just simply nobody as good as maradonna: nobody who could compete, and if he got the ball in space, then you are going to be in BIG trouble, whether you're a local league team or in the semi-final of a world cup. And I say that as an English dude who never forgave "the hand of God". That's what made it so awful, to me: Maradonna had no need to cheat. He could have beaten England fair and square, but cheated and then boasted about cheating. To a Brit, that's like blasphemy. Whereas Lomu was a gentleman. Greatest of his generation beyond doubt. Probably the best of all time. But also honourable and a sportsman. We'll not see his like again in my lifetime. I hope one day, though!
@merlin5420 yeah google seems to be having an issue making up it's mind. Tons of posts say Pukekohe and some say Greenlane (hospital) I'm guessing). I'm not sure to be honest... just trying to claim him as a kiwi too lol.
He was like having a Jordan on your team. There has never been another like him and I don't think there ever will be another. He was fast and much much stronger he could do what others could never do. RIP 11
In Rugby the try scorer is only as good as the players around him, but in rugby there is also individual brilliance creating try's from nothing. New Zealand just happens to have an endless supply of brilliant players, must be in the water.
It's in our culture. We have our boys and girls learning rugby and competing since they're toddlers. But Polynesians just have that natural strength and power. Train them and they're brutal. It'll be hard to replace Lomu though, pure legend.
We miss Jonah, what a legend and absolutely the nicest person you will ever meet... He was known all around the world and was an awesome ambassador for New Zealand ... Gone far too young .... RIP big guy ❤🙏
Is New Zealand sounding like Australia. Mm maybe it does. But no he is from New Zealand I think they mention it now and again and he's playing in the worlds winingest team in the history of sport.
The lady, "Is he so good or others not so good," The clue is the clips are from the WORLD CUP. In the World Cup the countries pick who they think are the best players not some average player. So the players are good but he was great.
Jonah was an absolute legend and the nicest guy you'll ever meet.... Check out the Rugby World Cup starting on September 8th 2023... The opening game is New Zealand All Blacks v France the host country.
The only rule is that you can’t tackle someone over the shoulders or someone that is in the air catching a ball. You have to wait until they’re on the ground. When you have the ball you can do whatever you want to the opposition pretty much. I guess you just can’t elbow the opposition in the face.
lol learn your colors New Zealand (also know as All Blacks) Black/white, South Africa (Springboks) green/gold, England (Lions) white/red, Aussie (Wallabies) Gold/green, France (wankers) blue/white, Argentina (Puma's) light blue/white, these are you top nations rugby teams (usually).
You can’t attack the opponents head or neck and you can’t tackle them if they are jumping in the air to catch the ball. So you to wait until they have landed then tackle them with your arm so you can’t charge in and hit them with your shoulder only you must use your arms.
It's absolutely the top ten of Lomu's tries 😂😂 just have a look of some video tributes and you'll understand why was the best rygby player ever ! Sorry for my "frenchglish" !
You can't have listened very well, throughout the whole game the commentators said half a dozen times he's the best player New Zealand (Aotearoa) has ever had. Australia and New Zealand are two different countries.
The All Blacks are New Zealand's national team, not Australia. NZ wear black on black strips, Australia are green and gold. Every team that the All Blacks play are national teams Australia, England, South Africa etc, Jonah Lomu ran through all of them.
Brother and sister, do your homework before you put clips on UA-cam. The commentators were even saying he is from New Zealand and your listening skills were letting you both down. Thankyou for the clips though. Sadly he was taken away so early. RIP Jonah
He is from New Zealand, Plays for the All Blacks and he is New Zealander Tongan! Do your research properly mate that's an insult. Australians wear Yollow. Dont guess lol
@@tokoforlyfe2384 that doesn’t change the fact that he never managed to score a try against SA. As for others scoring the tries…. The ABs have never had issues scoring against SA, they really didn’t need him to cause a distraction. Anyways, that doesn’t make him any less of a legend.
@@ktm690endurorally it doesn´t change the fact of not scoring but your statément is to be corrected “he was not impossible to stop”. No team ever find a way to neutralize nor stop Jonah Lomu. Not even the springboks.
@@tokoforlyfe2384 if he gets tackled while running…. Then his run was stopped, he was stopped…. Hence me saying he wasn’t impossible to stop. Other teams allowed him to run over them, around them and score tries. Not the Boks. Not sure where your confusion comes in.
Jonah unfortunately played Rugby Union which happens to be a haven of mostly ordinary footballers of which many think a tackle is fishing gear . He can never be rated a "great" because he never was opposed by great, any NFL or NRL defender worth his salt would attack him in defence with no fear however he only competed against private school boys so his qualifications will always be in question.
Australia would have loved to claim Jonah Lomu as our own, but we were too busy nursing our bruises as New Zealand romped home with him on the wing
Lomu was 1.96m and 120kg. The most impressive part is he ran 100 metres in 10.8 seconds. The people he comes up against in this video are all international players. Nobody was bad, he was just insane.
The sport with the helmets and padding is American football or NFL. This sport is rugby. I won’t go over the differences because there’s too many.
Very true about the differences but it's worth pointing out that soccer (aka Association Football), Rugby Football (both League and Union varieties), and American Football all come from the same roots. They just took different rules. Rugby allowed players to pick the ball up. NFL allowed passing forwards and tackling players without the ball. That's the main differences, for the casual viewer (scrums, rucks, line-outs are just details of how some set plays are done in Rugby).
And yes. Exactly. He played at international level against the best players in the world, in some of those videos. In soccer terms, it's be like having to face Maradonna (or Michael Jordan in Basketball). There was just simply nobody as good as maradonna: nobody who could compete, and if he got the ball in space, then you are going to be in BIG trouble, whether you're a local league team or in the semi-final of a world cup. And I say that as an English dude who never forgave "the hand of God". That's what made it so awful, to me: Maradonna had no need to cheat. He could have beaten England fair and square, but cheated and then boasted about cheating. To a Brit, that's like blasphemy.
Whereas Lomu was a gentleman. Greatest of his generation beyond doubt. Probably the best of all time. But also honourable and a sportsman. We'll not see his like again in my lifetime. I hope one day, though!
Its rare i say this but he was/is Royalty. A top top top class athlete, legends never die. RIP
❤
A legend.Freared,respected and revered by all.Sorely missed.😪
He is not from Australia. He was born in New Zealand of Tongan origin. He plays for the New Zealand All Blacks.
He’s Australian ….the biggest insult you could call any Kiwi!! 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 sorry he's Tongan
@@fj6763 No that’s his ethnicity
@fj6763 actually he was born in Pukekohe... so he was Kiwi.
@@FONYSTARK He was born in National Women’s Hospital Auckland
@merlin5420 yeah google seems to be having an issue making up it's mind. Tons of posts say Pukekohe and some say Greenlane (hospital) I'm guessing). I'm not sure to be honest... just trying to claim him as a kiwi too lol.
He played for new zealand
And he played for Cardiff Blues
@@Boolyrugby He also played for Counties Manukau , Auckland Blues ,
Lomu played for New Zealand All Blacks NOT Australia
He was like having a Jordan on your team. There has never been another like him and I don't think there ever will be another. He was fast and much much stronger he could do what others could never do. RIP 11
In Rugby the try scorer is only as good as the players around him, but in rugby there is also individual brilliance creating try's from nothing. New Zealand just happens to have an endless supply of brilliant players, must be in the water.
It's in our culture. We have our boys and girls learning rugby and competing since they're toddlers. But Polynesians just have that natural strength and power. Train them and they're brutal. It'll be hard to replace Lomu though, pure legend.
It's the sport most young kiwi boys are brought up with Rugby union or Rugby league
Soccer is not even 2nd to us it's like fourth or fifth hense why we don't do well in soccer
@@Rinzz492 yeah we don't really do soccer lol
We miss Jonah, what a legend and absolutely the nicest person you will ever meet... He was known all around the world and was an awesome ambassador for New Zealand ... Gone far too young .... RIP big guy ❤🙏
He was 6 5" and 280 pounds...
And ran the 100 meters below 11 seconds
@@vicmackey42310:8 actually. Not that two tenths matter when you get bulldozed though...
Is New Zealand sounding like Australia. Mm maybe it does. But no he is from New Zealand I think they mention it now and again and he's playing in the worlds winingest team in the history of sport.
Jonah Lomu is Tongan by birth but was born n raised in New Zealand so ended up playing his entire international career for the NZ All Blacks
How can you be Tongan "by birth" but "_born_ and raised" in NZ?
@@diogeneslantern18😂😂 you know what he means 😂
How to get on bad side of a country,call a new Zealander a Australian 😮
6ft 5. 280lb and can run sub 11. Nothing is stopping him!
He was a Giant with speed and power. ❤❤
The lady, "Is he so good or others not so good," The clue is the clips are from the WORLD CUP. In the World Cup the countries pick who they think are the best players not some average player. So the players are good but he was great.
Jonah was an absolute legend and the nicest guy you'll ever meet....
Check out the Rugby World Cup starting on September 8th 2023...
The opening game is New Zealand All Blacks v France the host country.
They literally say in the vid where he came from and what country he was playing for 😂😂
He's from New Zealand bro, New Zealand all blacks not Australia, there called wallabies and wear yellow
The only rule is that you can’t tackle someone over the shoulders or someone that is in the air catching a ball. You have to wait until they’re on the ground. When you have the ball you can do whatever you want to the opposition pretty much. I guess you just can’t elbow the opposition in the face.
6 ft 5 in 265 pounds and ran the 100 METRES , about 110 yards , in 10.8 seconds. And yes, he was the best ever.
He was tall, fast, nibble and strong.
He's tongan, but he played for New Zealand
lol learn your colors New Zealand (also know as All Blacks) Black/white, South Africa (Springboks) green/gold, England (Lions) white/red, Aussie (Wallabies) Gold/green, France (wankers) blue/white, Argentina (Puma's) light blue/white, these are you top nations rugby teams (usually).
He played for the all blacks which is New Zealand
Please watch his funeral its the best example of New Zealand culture.
He was to good when he played and teams had to change the way they played. Look up a good tutorial video to get a better understanding of the game
He's not Australian, He's Polynesian
You can’t attack the opponents head or neck and you can’t tackle them if they are jumping in the air to catch the ball. So you to wait until they have landed then tackle them with your arm so you can’t charge in and hit them with your shoulder only you must use your arms.
do more rugby reaction guys,there are vids on the rules of rugby on youtube lomu is from new zaeland.
It's absolutely the top ten of Lomu's tries 😂😂 just have a look of some video tributes and you'll understand why was the best rygby player ever ! Sorry for my "frenchglish" !
You can't have listened very well, throughout the whole game the commentators said half a dozen times he's the best player New Zealand (Aotearoa) has ever had.
Australia and New Zealand are two different countries.
Tongan monster..r.i.p legend
Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He is of Tongan decent.
The All Blacks are New Zealand's national team, not Australia. NZ wear black on black strips, Australia are green and gold. Every team that the All Blacks play are national teams Australia, England, South Africa etc, Jonah Lomu ran through all of them.
Lol... the commentators literally said NEW ZEALAND three or four times.....
Brother and sister, do your homework before you put clips on UA-cam. The commentators were even saying he is from New Zealand and your listening skills were letting you both down. Thankyou for the clips though. Sadly he was taken away so early. RIP Jonah
They just doing it for the sake of doing it, it's soo frustrating
If you listen to the commentators, they talk about his team, the All Blacks - NEW ZEALAND , many times, and you keep saying he’s Australian. Sheeeesh…
Bro!!! Got me soo frustrated, I guess that's why they say listening is a skill
New Zealand bro.
He's in the conve & had he not had to have kidney transplant they'd be no doubt.
All Blacks are New Zealand not Australia
He is from New Zealand, Plays for the All Blacks and he is New Zealander Tongan! Do your research properly mate that's an insult. Australians wear Yollow. Dont guess lol
There was only one. He is not Australian…
An amazing player, however not impossible to stop. Never managed to score a try against SA
That’s true as South Africa had several players marking him…but while you all marked Jonah….plenty others got chance to score
South africa never find a way to stop him. He always destroyed the springboks defence structure to create tries for other players
@@tokoforlyfe2384 that doesn’t change the fact that he never managed to score a try against SA. As for others scoring the tries…. The ABs have never had issues scoring against SA, they really didn’t need him to cause a distraction. Anyways, that doesn’t make him any less of a legend.
@@ktm690endurorally it doesn´t change the fact of not scoring but your statément is to be corrected “he was not impossible to stop”. No team ever find a way to neutralize nor stop Jonah Lomu. Not even the springboks.
@@tokoforlyfe2384 if he gets tackled while running…. Then his run was stopped, he was stopped…. Hence me saying he wasn’t impossible to stop. Other teams allowed him to run over them, around them and score tries. Not the Boks. Not sure where your confusion comes in.
These are just 10 tries, most not in jonahs top 100 tries.
These aren't even his best highlights, was a weapon on attack
Do research first on Jonah he is the jordan of rugby you both sound very silly and unprofessional to us rugby fans!
Jonah unfortunately played Rugby Union which happens to be a haven of mostly ordinary footballers of which many think a tackle is fishing gear . He can never be rated a "great" because he never was opposed by great, any NFL or NRL defender worth his salt would attack him in defence with no fear however he only competed against private school boys so his qualifications will always be in question.
Do some research.he played for New Zealand. FFS, bloody insulting, calling him Australian
You can't call him a Maraadona.. Lomu never cheated.