Following on from our recent posting of Part 1 of the Jonah Lomu short documentary, the much anticipated Part 2 of this insightful video features more thrilling action of the legend in action, with plenty of tries and behind the scenes commentary.
If you haven't been able to watch Part 1 yet, please make sure you do as these two clips combined make for a fantastic 30 minutes of high intensity footage that will bring back many memories for some, and astound others.
Kicking off with the sensational 1999 World Cup performance where he terrorised England once again, who could ever forget the words of Keith Quinn as Lomu barged over the tryline to score.
The Semi-Final against France in the same year will be remembered for two things - France's incredible comeback victory, and Jonah Lomu. Lomu was a man against boys as his pace, power, and grit combined to bash off all in front of him, including big french number eight Abdel Benazzi.
We then follow Lomu as his move to Wellington makes a huge impact, both literally and figuratively. Along with teamates Tana Umaga and Christian Cullen, Lomu is simply unstoppable the majority of the time, with the majority of defenders almost opting to get out of the way rather than stand in front of the runaway train.
Besides the brute strength and ability to score tries out of nothing, an incredible attribute that Jonah had was his knack of keeping the ball alive when he was actually stopped. On numerous occasions Lomu stormed down the wing, beating about five players before losing momentum, but still managed to provide the scoring pass. It was an element of his play that back then, and even today, set him apart from other big wingers.
This footage doesn't go into Jonah's recent years of suffering with illness and the trials and tribulations of his attempted comebacks, but as determined as he was to keep on going, we'd probably already seen the best of Jonah, and that was way more than we could ever ask for.
It's sad that at his current age of 33, Jonah should still be out there doing what he loves, but hasn't been able to. Destiny saw it otherwise, and what we're left with is fantastic memories of the man who was the games first real superstar of global proportions. Jonah single handedly changed rugby, and for that, the great man deserves all the praise and respect shown to him as he enters the next chapter of his life.
Time: 14:24
Sidenote: In a recent interview when Lomu was asked what he's doing now, he confidently replied that he's having a go at body building, and hopes to compete by April.www.rugbydump.com
If you haven't been able to watch Part 1 yet, please make sure you do as these two clips combined make for a fantastic 30 minutes of high intensity footage that will bring back many memories for some, and astound others.
Kicking off with the sensational 1999 World Cup performance where he terrorised England once again, who could ever forget the words of Keith Quinn as Lomu barged over the tryline to score.
The Semi-Final against France in the same year will be remembered for two things - France's incredible comeback victory, and Jonah Lomu. Lomu was a man against boys as his pace, power, and grit combined to bash off all in front of him, including big french number eight Abdel Benazzi.
We then follow Lomu as his move to Wellington makes a huge impact, both literally and figuratively. Along with teamates Tana Umaga and Christian Cullen, Lomu is simply unstoppable the majority of the time, with the majority of defenders almost opting to get out of the way rather than stand in front of the runaway train.
Besides the brute strength and ability to score tries out of nothing, an incredible attribute that Jonah had was his knack of keeping the ball alive when he was actually stopped. On numerous occasions Lomu stormed down the wing, beating about five players before losing momentum, but still managed to provide the scoring pass. It was an element of his play that back then, and even today, set him apart from other big wingers.
This footage doesn't go into Jonah's recent years of suffering with illness and the trials and tribulations of his attempted comebacks, but as determined as he was to keep on going, we'd probably already seen the best of Jonah, and that was way more than we could ever ask for.
It's sad that at his current age of 33, Jonah should still be out there doing what he loves, but hasn't been able to. Destiny saw it otherwise, and what we're left with is fantastic memories of the man who was the games first real superstar of global proportions. Jonah single handedly changed rugby, and for that, the great man deserves all the praise and respect shown to him as he enters the next chapter of his life.
Time: 14:24
Sidenote: In a recent interview when Lomu was asked what he's doing now, he confidently replied that he's having a go at body building, and hopes to compete by April.www.rugbydump.com
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