Jonah Lomu

Jonah Lomu

Lomu in 2004
Full name	Jonah Tali Lomu
Date of birth	(1975-05-12)12 May 1975
Place of birth	Greenlane, Central Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death	18 November 2015(2015-11-18) (aged 40)
Place of death	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	120 kg (18 st 13 lb; 265 lb)
School	Wesley College, Auckland
Notable relative(s)	John Tamanika (cousin) Seti Kiole (cousin)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing
New Zealand No.	941
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 2009–2010 2005–2006 2000–2001 Marseille Cardiff Blues Wainuiomata RFC 3 10 2 0 (5)
Provincial/State sides Years Club / team Caps (points) 2006 2000–03 1994–99 North Harbour Wellington Counties Manukau 3 21 28 0 (65) (95) Correct as of 9 September 2006
Super Rugby Years Club / team Caps (points) 2000–03 1999 1996–98 Hurricanes Chiefs Blues 29 8 22 (55) (10) (65) Correct as of 9 September 2006
National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 1994–2002 New Zealand 63 (185) Correct as of 7 March 2008
Sevens national teams Years Club / team   Comps 1994–2001 New Zealand

Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2009–2010 2005–2006 2000–2001	Marseille Cardiff Blues Wainuiomata RFC	3 10 2	0 (5)

Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2006 2000–03 1994–99	North Harbour Wellington Counties Manukau	3 21 28	0 (65) (95)
Correct as of 9 September 2006

Super Rugby
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2000–03 1999 1996–98	Hurricanes Chiefs Blues	29 8 22	(55) (10) (65)
Correct as of 9 September 2006

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1994–2002	New Zealand	63	(185)
Correct as of 7 March 2008

Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
1994–2001	New Zealand

Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Team competition

Jonah Tali Lomu, MNZM (12 May 1975 – 18 November 2015) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He became the youngest ever All Black when he played his first international in 1994 at the age of 19 years and 45 days. Playing on the wing Lomu finished his international career with 63 caps and 37 tries. He is regarded as the first true global superstar of rugby and consequently had a huge impact on the game. Lomu was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame on 9 October 2007, and the IRB Hall of Fame on 24 October 2011.

Lomu burst onto the international rugby scene during the 1994 Hong Kong Sevens tournament, the same year he made his fifteen-a-side debut. He was widely acknowledged as the top player at the 1995 World Cup in South Africa even though New Zealand lost the final to the host South Africa. His performance at the Rugby World Cup established him as "rugby union's biggest drawcard", with him swelling attendances at any match where he appeared. He shares the Rugby World Cup all-time try scoring record of 15 tries, which he accumulated in only two tournaments.

He played for several domestic New Zealand provincial or Super Rugby sides, and late in his career played club rugby in both Wales and France. These included the Auckland Blues, Chiefs and Hurricanes, and Counties Manukau, Wellington, and later North Harbour and the Cardiff Blues.

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