10 Minutes of Players Trying to Tackle Jonah Lomu

[@BlueIce607]

That speed and power at 6'5 was frightening

[@merlin5420]

Whats even scarier is that he wasn’t even operating at 100% health during most of his career 😬😬😬

[@pierlorenzofinotto1550]

Consider that in 90's the average winger was probably at 180/200 lbs. He was 260, so looking at his size nobody expected him to be a back, but a forward (probably a lock). It has to be said that he started playing as number 8 and then he got asked about trying to play at wing and the result was what everybody knows.

[@pierlorenzofinotto1550]

And with a top speed of 34kmh it was like trying to stop a furious rhino

[@aaronbarlow4376]

@@pierlorenzofinotto1550 I'm 275 at 6 ft. does fat count? Lol

[@jeramease89]

No,no it doesn't lol,lol​@aaronbarlow4376

[@anitamcsweeney2896]

I never watch rugby but heard about Lomu and just seen this, absolutely incredible to watch even if you know nothing about rugby! RIP Jonah

[@JonnyDredd]

Nice touch in this compilation is the shot of Jonah and Joost playing for the Barbarians vs Scotland. RIP to both world rugby legends😊

[@Rory-w8x]

There is nothing better on earth than to watch Lomu highlights. Nothing! A man amongst men.

[@guesswho6925]

Best compilation of lomu, great footage! To think he was only at like 70% of his peak due to kidney dialysis

[@jesuschrist9597]

poor guy man I use to see him going in for his dialysis every morning. if he didn’t go to England for the World Cup he’d most likely still be here today

[@taraishot100]

Never get sick of watching Jonah play even after all these years

[@newzild1]

One of the best Lomu videos I've seen - lots of rare footage.

[@PierreDuToit-to7mb]

If he was at a 100% nobody was gonna stop him. He was already very ill. Just imagine Jonah being healthy, good diet, supplements serious excercise regime. It would have been crazy. RIP Jonah, James and Joost😢

[@muzzaduzz613]

The best to ever do it. RIP Jonah.

[@chulumancomacingwane6146]

Ever

[@steelomogpresents8885]

This is the best Lomu video I've seen. Paints the picture of the man perfectly.

[@Bruce-nw2hm]

My favourite player for ever.

[@SHORTS_N_SHIRTS]

The best Lomu video on KZbin ❤

[@maximuswhyte]

People say that he wouldn't be as effective in todays game because of the increased strength and conditioning of the players he would be facing and point to the fact that many modern wingers are 110kg+ but dont have nearly the same impact as he had. What they are forgetting is that no other winger of his size since has had his level of acceleration and top speed. The speed he was moving at combined with his size is what made him so difficult to tackle. Also the players between 95-02 weren't that much smaller than the players we see today, the loose jerseys make them look less built but if anything there are more short wingers and fullbacks below 5'9 in the game today

[@icefarrow7959]

It also ignores the fact that Lomu would receive the very same conditioning and training if he were playing nowadays. If that's how effective he was back then, he'd be even more lethal if he debuted today.

[@alfredmoli]

@@icefarrow7959 Exactly

[@Andy_M986]

Plus he only ran on 80% of his real potential, what could have been.

[@theric66]

i don't know many winger that are 110 kg are you sure u r not talking about the flankers

[@thefobbie0034]

@@theric66 Let alone 118kg!!!

[@josuepolo]

Greatest rugby star ever. I wonder how Lomu at the top of his shape would fare today. May you rest in peace brother!

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

3:53 - 4:02 try by marshall pretty much sums up the “no try against the springboks” draw in three defenders including running over the full back just to offload back for a try. Classic

[@rexprangnell6815]

Lomu was suffering from severe kidney desease during his totalplaying days an absolute monster of a player love ❤️ lomu

[@horoh1]

A legend one of the greatest players of all time❤❤❤

[@hrstra]

6.48 Props to Nr. 48. Another quick bastard never giving up.

[@cart1089]

I've never seen someone slip so many tackles. Absolute monster

[@it-really-hurts2092]

A true New Zealand Icon

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

Tongan.

[@gadzooks5541]

Was watching grassroots rugby one sunday morning hungover when Wesley college was playing... St Stephens i think? Jonah made the opposing team look like they were still going from the night before, they kick, he scored over and over again until the final whistle blew.

[@tinotaufa7210]

JonahLomu beast of a player. RIP Toko💙

[@marctoleafoa5864]

The try when he’s surrounded by French players is just unreal

[@petergreen5337]

❤😂Hahaha brilliant. Everytime i watch Lomu I'm bit SCARED for the tackler...

[@mathewmataira4546]

It's a bummer no one never saw him playing at 100%

[@robertshields2066]

Truly Great Player, now he's playing heaven and giving them a taste of Hell with his playing skills and awesomeness. G.O.A.T.

[@Wananga4]

Awesome video !!

[@pmswanepoel]

A man amongst boys! Awesome power and speed

[@masterr79]

That game where he destroyed Scotland with the Barbarians was men against boys

[@ST-dr6qx]

What a Giant, Gently BRUTAL! Tackle wherever you happen to be, S T A R !

[@JoeTodd6]

Awesome story of the legend from Danny Care

[@raymondscott6331]

Simply the BEST.

[@greengreensio]

OMG.. he bummed off forwards and backs like flies.

[@whatshappenedhere1784]

Lomu is one of those natural athletes that could've played any sport and become a legend

[@nixm9093]

The freight train in ballet shoes ❤

[@anauanau1229]

If he played 💯 percent be unstoppable

[@Andy_M986]

R.I.P brother.

[@lanceholloway8184]

Everyone forgets Tana Umaga, always Lomu's shadow, waiting to finish off any stragglers

[@jonplayle6954]

Jonah Lomu the legend rest in heaven bro

[@steveoverton9570]

Lord of the wings the best

[@iandavis-fj2ty]

Jonah , changed rugby forever the Greatest player.❤

[@it-really-hurts2092]

Even the opposition crowds cheered when Jonah got going

[@maxwellsmith80]

Magic to watch the big man move

[@SPEED-si4xy]

With due respect to this legend ... I think he couldn't bump off or fend off most of the Fijian players such as Viliame Satala in sevens.

[@godisbollocks]

Scariest ball-runner in the history of rugby, and it isn't even close.

[@rayallan8481]

We miss you😢 brother

[@it-really-hurts2092]

Couch - so this week's game plan, get the ball to Lomu

[@AB7F9]

interestingly. Every time George Gregan got hold of him he took him down. Gregan was a thorn in All Black sides for years.

[@MauaoMan]

And he did all this whilst battling a serious and ultimately fatal illness.

[@Despond]

6'4. 120kg and had a 10.7 100m. Outrageously gifted.

[@jeremyreid9582]

… Jonah is yet to score a try against the Springboks.

[@Tatimoa70]

Scored plenty against sth africans tho khhh

[@bradandteinacook3506]

He never scored against Wales either, but he set up a lot of tries.

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

Cullen and wilson did all the scoring because Lomu run over 3 or 4 springboks leaving no defenders left

[@frankbromfield5213]

One of the best winger ever

[@walk_in_solo1543]

Bloody Kronfield though, pinching a try.

[@johnmanning5568]

I didn’t know he was playing in 1905! (1 minute 42 seconds).

[@nicktorea4017]

and this is Lomu with one Kidney imagine if he had 2 in good working order

[@spudmurphy278]

Shame his illness hampered his career

[@johnf991]

Speed, acceleration, strength, power in the tackle (whether or not his legs are held), and an ability to sidestep and swerve, made him peerless.

[@antology7]

Don't forget the offload

[@chrispulham4779]

He was a LEDGEN!

[@19bisho]

Jonah.............. will never be equaled. .......... RIP NEW ZEALANDER.

[@rarxdawson9054]

R.I.P THE G.O.A.T

[@Raimund-t7c]

Best Rugby Player Ever... Super Star

[@LukeSawyer-w8i]

He was good, check the stats if he scored versus The Springboks...

[@kalahari9558]

No, he did not. I have much respect for him, but James Small and Joost vd Westhuizen tackled and stopped Lomuh in his tracks.

[@mortluby1359]

But look at how many tries got scored because of the players marking Lomu created gaps.

[@HeeniKeke]

Jonah never scored against wales either…. Why do Saffas always like to knock this legend?

[@kalahari9558]

@HeeniKeke I think most Springbok supporters have the utmost respect for Jonah Lomuh who was a legend in his own time. But the fact remains that James Small and Joost van der Westhuizen put their bodies on the line to deny Jonah to score against South Africa.

[@HeeniKeke]

@@kalahari9558 Many had a go and many tackled Jonah. And again….why the need to brag about a few that tackled him? Can’t you just celebrate and pay respect to the amazing human being and sportsman Jonah was? Why the need to make out Jonah was bad or poor? Am really over the Saffas with their bagging of him

[@Ricki-i3n]

Full potential limited due to health issues

[@Purlemus]

It's amazing and he never scored a try against the Springboks!!!!. Why don't you show 95 worldcup when the springboks flattened him everytime.

[@HeeniKeke]

He never scored against Wales either. It’s so typical of Saffas to do all they can to knock a legend

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

And Lomu run over the springboks from 1996 - 2002.

[@ebrahiemdaniels6491]

And stop by Springbok small man James Small

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

Once in 1995, and Lomu run over the springboks for the rest of his career. They could not stop him again

[@ebrahiemdaniels6491]

@tokoforlyfe2384 That is why he couldn't win a world cup.

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

@@ebrahiemdaniels6491 winning world cup require a team effort not individually. And he only play in 2 due to his health problem.

[@ebrahiemdaniels6491]

@tokoforlyfe2384 Diego Maradona won a world cup man alone with a mediocre team. Lomu could not do with a star studded team

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

@ did you just seriously compare football with rugby union? 🤣🤣🤣that has got tobe the dumbest comment ever made on YT 🤣🤣go back to watching football you understand.

[@shirleymontgomery1710]

And how good was Kronfield.

[@BriantheLionNZ]

Was my fav player for a while. He really backed up Jonah well as you can see in some of these videos. I still laugh at that try josh took the ball off Jonah who did the impossible like only he could, and Josh robbed him when he was pretty much already over the line right at the end. RIP champ.

[@Tatimoa70]

Josh the thief khhh,should be enough highlights out there for a kronfeld-lomu package

[@justgettingby42]

11 should have been retired rugby-wide. I wish I'd seen him play. Go the Wallabies!

[@annetteelliott1494]

He didnt get past the Springboks!

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

Did you not watch the video? He run over 6 or 7 springboks 😂😂

[@Gavsta60]

And with all of that Jonah never scored against the Springboks. The only team in the world he never scored a try against.

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

But he run over 4 or 5 springboks just to offload back for the next guy to score the try 😂 classic

[@Gavsta60]

@@tokoforlyfe2384 - LOL...suggest you go watch all his clips against South Africa again mate, your memory is awful...he ran over NOBODY!! In an interview Joost vd Westhuizen said that every Bok was lining up and competing to tackle him...unlike the Poms we aren't a bunch of little cowards. He held no fear for us...

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

@ do you not see what’s happening in this video or not??? Lomu running over the Spring box like they are kindergarten? 🤣Go get your eyes checked

[@Gavsta60]

@@tokoforlyfe2384 - I suggest YOU watch it again but without your Lomu man-crush glasses on coz either you're blind or just not very bright? Lomu managed to break a whole TWO tackles and then got flattened by Os du Rand and did NOT manage to offload to anyone. Go back to sleep Tiny Tim....it's way past your bedtime.

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

@@Gavsta60so what do you see at 2.24. I see Lomu running over 4 guys with one on his back. What about 3.53 of this video? I see Lomu running over Montgomery and draw in two loose forward to offload to marshall for a try. Bye grandpa. Get your eyes and brains both checked

[@julianmallach348]

Just do what the Spingboks did. That sure worked on him.

[@Tatimoa70]

He scored, bumped ,rattled plenty sth africans tho khhh

[@julianmallach348]

@@Tatimoa70 He bumped and rattled for sure, but he NEVER scored against the Springboks. Ever.

[@bradandteinacook3506]

He never scored against Wales either.

[@julianmallach348]

@@bradandteinacook3506 yeah? How many games? How many times did wales win?

[@kalahari9558]

​@bradandteinacook3506 Wales did not score against Lomuh.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

Never scored against South Africa however

[@HeeniKeke]

He didn’t score against wales either….only Saffas brag about this

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

But run over 3 or 4 springboks just to offload back to cullen and wilson for an easy try. Classic😂

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

@tokoforlyfe2384 That never happened either. In fact Springboks are so big, the No9 outweighed Lomu. Besides, he wasn't even a Kiwi, but just another one of thousands of Islanders poached by the All Backs to play for New Zealand.

[@PhansiKhongoloza]

@@HeeniKeke Wales? Where's that?

[@HeeniKeke]

@@PhansiKhongoloza Your ignorance of facts is clear. Jonah was born in Pukekohe New Zealand to Tongan immigrants from Haʻapai, Lomu grew up between rural Tonga and South Auckland.

[@frankbromfield5213]

Didn't score against the Springboks the best winger

[@JonnyDredd]

so what look at the tries he created😅

[@Tatimoa70]

He sat plenty on their asses khhh

[@stevenbrooking8515]

Bit hard when you have 4 players marking you. How many tries did he create against South Africa though, because of the holes left in the defensive line when he was dragging them down the field. They stopped Jonah alright, but lost every game lol.

[@tokoforlyfe2384]

He trampled over 4 springboks just to offload back to wilson for an easy try hahaha. How funny is that he didnʻt scored

[@stevenbrooking8515]

@ bit hard with players hanging off you. Have seen him drag at least 3 over the line though. Only person who could.

[@ThysKleynhans]

Springboks tackled him so that he could never score against the Sprinboks

[@MrAhuapai]

whilst everyone else around him like Umanga, Cullen and wilson scored truck loads of tries through his offloads.

[@iancurtis1152]

I wouldn’t say ‘tackled’, more like jumped and climbed on top. Like Cheeters bringing down a Wildebeest.

[@martinsmallwood9605]

Springboks gives the game away. it took more than one to contain him leaving holes for the rest of the team capitalize on.

[@JonnyDredd]

Exactly​@@MrAhuapai

[@manusduminy9845]

​@@MrAhuapai Christian Cullen didn't really need great offloads to score. I'd like you to show me the "loads of tries" they scored off offloads from him against the Boks. You saying so doesn't make it true. The Springboks had his number, but that does not detract from the fact that he was extraordinary, a game changer and wonderful to watch.

[@JungleNation333]

Wennt through the French like a Russian winter

[@frankbromfield5213]

He didn't score

[@pantera29palms]

As an American, I gotta say….i f’ing love Rugby. Our version of “football” doesn’t even compare to the awesomeness of this sport. 👍

[@gertvanniekerk46]

I was and still is a Big Fan and Admirer of Lomo, may he RIP, but what is never mentioned by the media is that after 10 years banned from playing international rugby the Springboks in the 1995 world Cup tackled the crap out of Lomu. The Springbok management and coaching staff knew that, even as the ABs were the greatest rugby team on earth, they build and relied much too much on Lomu!!!

[@Mata-Miramar]

Not to mention that they (the springboks)got Suzie to poison the allblacks before the WC final

[@jamescasey4643]

?

[@JungleNation333]

Who cares about your murder capital country