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RIP Jonah Lomu the legend.
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<blockquote data-quote="Dizzy" data-source="post: 772385" data-attributes="member: 21905"><p>RIP Jonah!. </p><p></p><p>I was born in 1990 so you can imagine how influential he was on people my age. I'm glad that I was only a child when he burst onto the scene because I feel like there was no one he influenced and motivated more than the children that were watching him. I remember watching the 95 Rugby World Cup games with my Mum and Uncle, and after those games I would go into the backyard and run around pretending to be Jonah, running back and forth from one side of the yard to the other stepping and fending off invisible South Africans and actually winning the World Cup in my head. When Jonah came to the Hurricanes and made that combination with Umaga and Cullen, no one was happier than I. And even when he started his mission to make the 2007 RWC Squad, even though form probably didn't warrant it, I felt like we owed it to select him regardless. Last year I had a conversation with one of my uncles and we spoke about the impact Lomu had on the game and how I felt the NZRU or IRB/World Rugby owed it to Lomu to make sure his family is cared for and that he never had to work again. He single handedly put Rugby on the map, and with all the money they're making nowadays, they should grant some to Lomu. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I feel so much for his sons but also for him not being able to fulfil his wishes of seeing their 21st's or even being able to see them grow into fine young teens and being able to instil more into them than he has already. The way Jonah went, is just wrong. He should have been able to say goodbye, he should have been able to hold his sons and look at them one last time before he went. Absolutely tragic!.</p><p></p><p>Rest In Power Jonah Lomu</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dizzy, post: 772385, member: 21905"] RIP Jonah!. I was born in 1990 so you can imagine how influential he was on people my age. I'm glad that I was only a child when he burst onto the scene because I feel like there was no one he influenced and motivated more than the children that were watching him. I remember watching the 95 Rugby World Cup games with my Mum and Uncle, and after those games I would go into the backyard and run around pretending to be Jonah, running back and forth from one side of the yard to the other stepping and fending off invisible South Africans and actually winning the World Cup in my head. When Jonah came to the Hurricanes and made that combination with Umaga and Cullen, no one was happier than I. And even when he started his mission to make the 2007 RWC Squad, even though form probably didn't warrant it, I felt like we owed it to select him regardless. Last year I had a conversation with one of my uncles and we spoke about the impact Lomu had on the game and how I felt the NZRU or IRB/World Rugby owed it to Lomu to make sure his family is cared for and that he never had to work again. He single handedly put Rugby on the map, and with all the money they're making nowadays, they should grant some to Lomu. Anyway, I feel so much for his sons but also for him not being able to fulfil his wishes of seeing their 21st's or even being able to see them grow into fine young teens and being able to instil more into them than he has already. The way Jonah went, is just wrong. He should have been able to say goodbye, he should have been able to hold his sons and look at them one last time before he went. Absolutely tragic!. Rest In Power Jonah Lomu [/QUOTE]
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