Jonah Lomu (1975-2015)
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http://www.3news.co.nz/
This can't be real
fucking hell lads this hit me pretty hard
>All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu has passed away in Auckland today at the age of 40.
Former All Blacks doctor John Mayhew confirmed Lomu had died unexpectedly this morning.
that's no fucking age at all. what a beast he was
http://www.3news.co.nz/sport/jonah-lomu-dies-aged-40-2015111813#axzz3ra7Nj5Un?utm_source=hootsuite
Wtf?
What the fuck
How
>>63640953
I-is it real? Is that a reliable source? Was he having health problems?
kek
KEK
K-E-K
I'm no fan of rugby but I can appreciate this is a fucking big deal. And he was only 40 years old?! That's absolutely mental. Tragic.
>>63641017
sounds like it was unexpected
he did have pretty serious kidney issues but i thought he resolved them
>tfw not really a rugger fan but remember watching him tear up the 95 WC
Good lad tbhonest.
>>63640876
One of the few union hacks that would have made it in league
fuck ;_;
met up with him and nonu earlier this year and he seemed fine then
fuck.
>>63641038
...Jesus Christ. Fucking speecheless mate.
Not too soon after Jerry Collins either.
Seen him on a talk show here and seemed like a sound lad. Revolutionized rugby, obviously especially the wing. Was an absolute beast of a lad, just some athlete.
Very sad.
;_;7
no I'm not okay.
third worlder blown the fuck out
Dude was a monster. RIP.
No fucking way
I'm getting teary eyes tbqh. Fuck this hurts
From only 3 months ago
>All Blacks great Jonah Lomu has revealed his major ambition is to live long enough to see his two sons turn 21.
>Lomu has to receive dialysis on a regular basis because the kidney transplant that fixed his giant body in 2004 was rejected in 2011. The 40-year-old, who proved such a sensation at the 1995 World Cup in South Africa, and also played in the 1999 tournament in Europe, hopes to receive a second transplant but accepts the odds of his body rejecting the organ are now much greater.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/71571826/Living-to-see-his-sons-turn-21-is-All-Blacks-legend-Jonah-Lomus-greatest-goal
:(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0NLC3uk5xs
But... he looked fine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyJQYxAVU4
oh shiiiiiiiiiiit. This is not a joke thread. Fuck. RIP : (
Well fuck.
holy fuck rip
so sad
>>63641043
Well since Jiffy tore League the fuck up Lomu would've been the GOAT in League.
>>63641282
Vividly remember watching that game in a pub (i'm old), and England fans were cheering for Lomu by the end of the first half.
Man against boys.
First Jerry, now Jonah.
Can't deal with this tbhlads :'(
>tfw all your childhood heroes are slowly getting picked off one by one
I swear if Gene Wilder dies soon, I'm about ready to bawl my eyes for the first time in ages.
He was only 40 for fucks sakes
Where the mods at? Sticky this. A true legend of sport. RIP
>>63641450
ISIS STRIKES AGAIN
did he have any existing conditions? battling anything?
Literally who
>>63641518
Rejected kidney transplant about four years back, but there was no signs he was going to die soon. If anything he seemed to be getting a lot better, more public appearances and stuff.
He's never looked truly healthy even after his transplant in '04.
RIP you god
REAL MEN DON'T CRY YOU FUCKING SISSY FAGGOTS
wat teh fug
Fuck that's young, he was one of the greatest wingers to ever play and he was a good, humble man.
>you will never watch Lomu destroy Englel ever again as a kid and be influenced to play rugby
sad day lads
>>63641022
>this poopeelia butthurt
NOOOOO FUCK
YOUVE FUCKING DONE IT THIS TIME ISIL
;_;
>>63641449
Why did you have to bring this shit up mate? He's 82. He won't be around for much longer.
>>63640876
fuck no ;_;
I dont know who this is.
Looks like Junior Seau
>>63641594
that's a big stride he's about to embark upon. shorten it up, Gene.
>>63641594
>me and mum used to watch charlie and the chocolate factory every month as single parent and only child
>she's been gone for 10 years now
>still watch charlie and the chocolate factory because i know at least gene is still alive
i'm getting ready for that day he dies
Was he an alcoholic / roids / some other self imposed kidney failure or just unlucky?
>>63641701
>Growing up watching the inferior version
kek
KEK
How is it that Jonah died before Joost "literally a skeleton" van der Westhuizen?
>>63641679
One of rugby's GOATs
One of the first the NFL was seriously trying to pick up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfsDjm6xvAA
>>63641705
Sounds like he was unlucky from the statement. Had a serious condition but was healthy at the time.
>>63641679
good input bsa
This is literally worse than Paris for Kiwis.
>>63641735
>pandering in a RIP thread
>tfw he turned on my town's christmas lights a few years ago
he was so fucking young man ;_;
>>63641732
Hawking has the same disease and is somehow still alive after all these years
>>63641720
tim burton's was utter shite m8, you didn't honestly prefer that?
Holy shit, and I just watched the haka to get pumped for the uk-duke game before coming to /sp/. What does this mean?
was it roids?
>>63641776
Nigga he was the GOAT, no two ways about it
>>63641237
Maron
I'm really upset, he was a top bloke
>tfw you want to play Jonah Lomu Rugby again in his memory
no more suffering now, big man
Maori TV is gonna have Anger Within on tonight, gonna rewatch it desu
>>63641679
He was the Walter Payton of rugby
>>63641541
Didn't he lose a load of weight after that transplant?
>>63641791
the gene wilder one is called "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
Don't know the first thing about rugby but this is basically a day of mourning for NZ right?
There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes...
>>63641022
NO
NO
WE HAVE LIMITS
WE HAVE LIMITS YOU FUCK AND YOU CROSSED THE LINE
I can't fucking believe it
A genuine sporting superstar, remember growing up and just being amazed by him.
Could run 100m in near 10 seconds despite being built like a shithouse. RIP
>>63641282
Drooped dead quicker than Mike Catts reputaion
>>63641705
well, there always had rumors that too much roiding was not unrelated to his health problems, but nobody knows
>>63641885
the fucker knew which one i meant anyway, why else would i mention gene wilder?
rip in teh paec u r wiv da angles now
The scary thing he was he was sick the whole time he was playing. Imagine if he was healthy.
This fucking sucks on so many levels.
>>63642007
WORLD CUPS WON BY MIKE CATT: 1
WORLD CUPS WON BY JONAH LOMU:
His wife should have cooked the man some kidneys
Fuck me.
Sleep tight big fella.
>>63640876
Christ lads.
A black day for New Zealand and world rugby.
Mike Catt and Jonah Lomu have both died for our memes.
Jonah died so /rug/ could live.
Damn.
This is terrible for everyone, best of luck Kiwi bros.
>>63642284
why are his parents shadow people
This requires sticky, sorry for your loss kiwibros
A blow to big guys everywhere.
FUUCCCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!
HE WAS JUST AT THE WORLD CUP LOOKING HAPPY AND HEALTHY
GREATEST OF ALL TIME
maybe he's hiding in a big fish
RIP Big Guy
You will always live in our plans
What the fuck? November in the year of our Lord 2015 has been complete and total dildos.
RIP undisputed GOAT.
Richie McKuck will never be as good.
>>63642536
The fire rises.
don't know much about rugby
to which football player could he be compared?
r.i.p.
>>63642705
I'd go with Maradona. He was to rugby what Maradona/Pele were to football.
ABSOLUTE LEGEND!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJerH9jH2Qs
F
>>63641237
Damn man, damn.
RIP. The GOAT.
>>63642724
>>63642730
Yes I meant importance and overall status.
how did he die?
F
>>63642705
He was the first real superstar in a very sensationalist way of rugby so you decide. Puskas/Pele maybe?
>>63642705
don't have a clue about football, association or american. Probably easier to compare to American because they're more similar, relative, to a really fucking giant and fast running back GOAT
the thing about jonah was that the game was amateur when he started, and training was lesser. He was played on the position for really fast, but usually really small guys with a low workrate. They just had to finish off tries.
He revolutionized it. He was 6'5, fucking huge and really fast. He'd just run right through people and still be the fastest player on the team. Really encouraged people to bulk up the year or two after the World Cup. Led to players like Julian Savea.
He was a complete outlier in that position. Insane.
>>63642705
fat ronaldo
>>63642705
David Beckham
Had a really good period but overall his reputation plus marketing exceeded his actual production
Like Beckham he never won a World Cup
>>63642705
One of the ones that was a big dude who wasn't very skilled but ran over a ton of people.
He was a big guy who was fast and played in a position that was typically filled by small dudes. So he basically just ran over all the manlets that he was matched up against, often in spectacular fashion. As a result of him the game changed - defence became much more important and the size of the average player increased a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsXTa7UCGlk
>>63642756
Natural causes.
>>63642754
Yeah, he was a literal game changer. Both changed how the game was played on the field and could change the outcome of a game single-handedly.
I don't know about you guys but I think this news is clearly taking the piss
>he lived just long enough to see NZ win another rugby world cup
>>63642733
You now realize he was only 20 here
>>63642853
May he Haka in peace.
>>63642853
>he lived just long enough to see Habana fail to break his RWC try scoring record
based.
>>63642863
I know. I watched that game live.
RIP Lomu, you played for the greatest team of all time, the all Lomu team in Jonah Lomu Rugby
>aged 40
So, wanking accident?
>>63642853
>>63642881
>he lived long enough to witness Savea trample France like he used to in his old jersey
he must have been proud
I met the big guy once, it was at the Halberg awards (annual sports awards show). A bunch of people from my school were helping out and I got to show him to his table. This was when he first got unwell, before his transplant. He could barely walk.
When he got to his table he looked up after sitting down and said 'cheers mate' like I'd done him a huge favor. Really I'd done nothing, just pointed him to a table.
Always made me happy seeing him on TV the last 10 years or so, doing so well. Seemes like such a good guy.Not anymore tho lads. Tough day.
>>63642954
>greatest team
>not Mathers, the kicker with the bullshit boot and the big fucker on the Rage Team
Ben Tune was better
freaking out about my mortality lads
>>63643002
Was that the Codemasters teams with the players named after the devs?
rugby is a special sport to me for simple personal reasons, the professional game I've found has ALWAYS delivered, it's always been great and never shameful or disappointing, it's full of top lads and this man was one of the best, definitely one of the most important players of the game and this is incredibly sad at 40
>tfw i had a jonah haircut as a kid
>>63641022
Australian shitposting at its finest. RIP you motherfucker we didn't deserve you.
>>63643052
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyJQYxAVU4
It's pretty cool that he was getting that warm a reaction in another country 15+ years after retiring.
>>63640876
Literally who
>>63643052
>rugby is a special sport to me for simple personal reasons
have a look at this shirt lifter
>>63643020
>big guy Lomu dies
>a rugby legend if there ever was one
>if he died so soon, who's to say you won't die tomorrow
Will /bigguys/ ever recover?
>>63643043
yeah. they had the shittest team of all 3
>>63643097
>no John Eales
fuck. :(
First we lose big Jerry Collins and now this..
Shitty thing to wake up to. Fuck
RIP Jonah
>>63643110
:^)
I simply mean because it was the sport I played as a boy in school and in the local club with my friends
Tri Nations - July 2000 - Stadium Australia
Never Forget
was lucky enough to be there
>>63643020
Yeah me too. I live in Sydney so I could fall victim to anything from terrorists to herpes at any point now.
hold me lads ;_;
Literally the first and best example of the 'meme' player
I don't think anybody here is old enough to actually have watched him play and while he was very good there is so many guys I would say were better all round wingers than he was. Nobody was better at trampling small French accountants and Englishmen than he was and highlight reel is as good as it gets but overall I think he was iconic on an individual level based on how he looked and his size rather than his skill level.
He ayed when rugby was practically amateur and if you look at his competition there was some absolutely dreadful wingers that he played against
Gonna make me sick watching all the shit people will dribble about him even though they only watched his highlights reel on youtube today
Don't know who this is, but he would get absolutely destroyed in the NFL anyways. Rugby is a crap sport
>>63643202
Keep digging that hole m8
>Jerry Collins
>Jonah Lomu
New Zealand, stop this. At least tell me Temuera Morrison is OK. He's OK, right?
>>63643225
good post tbf
he's the neymar of rugby
Reminder that prime Lomu never existed because he was sick for pretty much his whole career.
RIP big guy.
>>63640876
Kidneys btfo
>>63643195
>2:30pm
>Wake up
No one has ever deserved anything in sport as much as he deserved the 1995 RWC
>mfw Wales has the most boxing world champions per capita in the world
>>63643086
What was it like growing up poor?
>>63643243
>I didn't see it so nobody did
Could millenials be any more self absorbed?
>>63642705
Tom Brady
muslims attack and now this ...
RIP
>>63643284
>most world championships in a dying sport
Lel. That's like Australia celebrating having the most rugby league championships lad.
>>63643277
NEET pride
>>63641237
dem feels
why 21 doe?
Is this
worse than 9/11?
>>63643310
Has ISIS gone too far this time?
We'll have to send some of the Soles over to Syria in retaliation.
>>63643225
>meme player with no skill
>played wing
What the fuck did you expect? Everyone winger to be Grant Fox or something? I watched Lomu for most of his career, as early as when he used to play No.8 for Auckland and this no skill meme is literally the shallowest. He was a winger who did his job 10x better than anyone else, you weren't expecting him to to flick passes or meme offloads, his job was to finish.
I know the NRL season is almost here m8, just wait a few more weeks to shitpost in /nrl/.
>>63643097
>no Mark Ella
Is this the most JUST thread in /rug/ history?
>>63643347
Just a benchmark age like 18.
Really sad news. He was GOAT.
RIP in pieces.
wtf man
>>63643225
he was a meme player, but he was a good meme, like beckham or muhammed ali, not the best, but an enigma for the game and a pretty great player in his prime for the time
>>63640876
REKT!!!
FUCK YOU AUSSIES
>>63643321
The thing to remember about the bogan is that their allegiance is not to any particular sport, but to the nation of Australia.
It is for this reason that the Australian bogan gravitates so strongly to the three tent-pole sports of boganism - Cricket, Rugby League and AFL. The bogan gravitates to these sports not because he enjoys, or even understands them. The bogan cares only that Australia is the best, thereby validating the bogan. And where else can the bogan assert that Australia is best, other than on the sporting field, where there is a clear winner and loser.
It is for this reason that the bogan will sometimes be seen supporting the wallabies - albeit often furrowing his brow in a vain attempt to understand the sport of rugby. They can't understand how an Australian team might not be the best in a sport, but they will support the team when the team appears to be on the cusp of establishing themselves as the best in the world, only to promptly decry the sport, and not the team, in the event that Australia should lose. A failure of the national side is a failure of the bogan himself, and the distancing of one's self worth from the worth of the national sporting team would require a degree of metacognition that the bogan is simply not capable of.
So the rest of Australia will continue to humour the bogan, as without them our shipping, construction and minerals industries would grind to a halt. And the television networks will continue to play AFL, rugby league and cricket in order to pacify these puzzling creatures. And every now and again on a humid summer breeze you will hear their cries of ">muh state of origin" and ">muh Warney" and you will know that the Australian economy is in safe hands, at least for the immediate future.
>>63643354
Someone who actually matted died today though
>>63641022
TOP KEK
>>63640876
Respect from Canada
Never saw this guy play a single game in Rugby but he was literally the only recognizable name i remember growing up so he must have been good
>>63643405
>french
>rekting anyone
u got some nerve m8
>>63643374
He was moved to wing because of his low work rate. But his speed/size were revolutionary. That's why he's up there with the GOAT wings.
Everyone from the All Blacks in the 90s from Mains to Fitzpatrick don't have a bad word about him, don't feel like they stole their thunder. He was something new.
He didn't have the best ball handling skills, but he was just so good at his memery that he was that good. He deserves to be remembered.
I don't watch rugby and didn't really know of him, but RIP...
Who could he be closely compared to in the NFL?
>>63643449
>He didn't have the best ball handling skills, but he was just so good at his memery that he was that good. He deserves to be remembered.
Literally Manu Vatuvei: the prototype
holy fuck
>>63643477
A GOAT RB that could just run the fuck over everyone and was still the fastest player on the field.
>>63643321
sorry lad, I'm producing a call-back meme for the rwc threads
subscribe
>>63643436
you are so butthurt that the guy the most famous in your jungke is dead now
>>63643449
>low work rate.
That was all because of his kidney issues, he actually worked harder than anyone else if you think about it.
Guy became a world class player while fighting through undiagnosed Kidney disorders that were literally killing him slowly.
If he'd been fully fit throughout his career he'd have been unthinkably good
>>63643477
Was there any individual player who completely changed the way the sport was played? Lomu's era changed the face of the game in a lot of areas, from tactics to player builds.
>>63643477
Imagine a typical roided up running back from the modern era playing in the 60s and smashing through all the malnourished manlets.
That's basically it.
is it possible he was on pooicide watch
>>63643516
This is the most kiwi post of all time
I'm literally hearig Slice of Heaven as I read it
>>63640876
Kek. Get rekt shitskin
>>63643512
lol u are assburgers as fuck m8
>>63643554
based AmEribrah
literally who
>>63643512
>his country needs to be prayed for
>>63643542
but he was a nice guy bro, he was a real nice guy..
>>63643548
His kidneys were always failing. He unironcally lived in pooicide watch throughout his entire life
>yfw Jonah Lomu's heaven is just running through millions of Mike Catts.
>>63643577
Nice move.
Are you atheist? Do you wear a fedora? Do you listen rock music?
>>63642443
>implying worldwide relevant sports get stickies
>>63643592
>his heaven is running through mike catts
>while jerry collins is high tackling millions of colin charvises
>>63643480
fuck off back to /nrl/ shitter, don't compare that faggot to jonah.
Fuck....
>all your heroes are going to die
>>63643527
Babe Ruth
Don Bradman
Tom Brady
>>63643553
Explain
>>63643624
Nope. nope. and fuck no. I do listen to Cortex every now and then though, best thing to come out France.
GUY'S CHECK TV3
TANA'S GONE AS WELL
WHAT THE FUCK
>>63643480
Vatuvei is the best comparison
He actually plays against decent competition though, unlike Jonah
>>63643527
So it's like if Harry Kane died?
>>63643370
It was up there
>The GOAT of Football, Tom Brady, is alive
>The GOAT of Rugby, Jonah Lomu, is ded
Football > Rugby
>>63643669
0/10
>>63643677
savea is closer, although savea is more all-rounded rather than just "run through you at 100kph"
>>63643669
I would literally end myself.
>>63643516
He's the Brock Lesnar of rugby.
Freakish athlete, rudimentary technique, dying slowly from undiagnosed illness.
>>63643663
You are based as fuck
>>63643677
Yeah, its as if someone played before him and changed the standards of how wingers should be after him.
>>63643702
TYBB
>>63643714
Y-you like Cortex too?
LOMU IS THE RONDA OF RUGBY
>>63643700
I always preferred Joe Roff as a role model
He was more relatable and had an IQ above that of a baboon
>>63643284
No it has 13 altogether for a population of 3.1 million whereas Ireland has 80 for a population of 4.5 million.
1 boxing champion per 230,000 people (Wales) =/= 1 boxing champion per 80,000 people (Ireland).
>>63643719
Lomu didn't do anything to change league wingers tho afaik
>>63643741
YEAH. You should take a look at G-Ress, GOAT OF THE GOATS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTOBqBWKF5Y
>>63643700
>idolising a back
lel. Spotted the casual.
>>63641022
fuck, even i'm not that cold.
>>63643814
SMELLY detected
>>63643814
>idolising forwards
insecure fat cunt detected
>>63643591
underrated post
You'll be missed big man.
; (
>>63643719
Mal Meninga was a centre who was better than Lomu in every way
He didn't play on the wing but he had a very similar play style and would have made Lomu look like a bitch, not to mention the skill gap between them
>>63643700
I preferred Wilkinson desu
>>63643853
kek
>>63643833
>>63643836
>implying I'm a FSP and not a BMESR
Literally every RWC winning captain has been a forward, with the exception of Farr-Jones and Kirk, who are both half backs (aka short cunts who are allowed to hang out with the forwards).
I'll just be over here being second row master race. Enjoy not being able to get things of tall shelves you manlets.
>>63643923
big muscular e????? second row?
>>63643879
Glad you liked it lad.
>>63643765
that post is a meme
t. professional memester
>ireland has 80 boxing world champions
what's your source on all that shit? I was under the impression ireland had only 17 world champs
In any case puerto rico has the most
>>63643512
>putting your nations flag over dead bodies on the street after the terrorist attack.
>>63643923
Forwards are literally just there to do the boring shit. If you actually unironically idolise forwards then you're either a) an insecure fat cunt, or b) really really gay and like watching men grapple other men
What the fuck guys? I didn't even know he was sick, what the fuck is even going on, fuck
RIP, am truly sorry to hear this NZ bro's, keep strong
the fuck is wrong with strayan in this thread? fuckin dingo
>>63643853
Those late 80s early 90s Raiders teams were so stacked. Sticky, Loz, Chicka Ferguson, Mal, Gary Belcher
>>63643225
He was a bit of a meme player even back then, he couldn't catch well or kick which were the only things the wingers had to do besides finish tries. Him and Campese changed that position though, Campo when on the blind side would wrap around and act as another half and set others up for tries constantly if he didn't back himself.
Lomu was special in that if he was healthy and had the ball pretty much no one was stopping him. He only started to get shut down when teams literally made it their goal to shut him down. He was the first winger who really could make something out of literally nothing and just go it himself, opposed to just getting the ball after the rest of the backs did all the work.
>>63643814
Lomu was unironically bigger than many locks today in weight and size who are typically taller AND heavier than the front-row.
>>63643967
Puerto Rico is part of America lad.
>>63643231
Thank you Mr.BSA
very insightful post
>>63644002
That's why league is a better sport, forwards actually do interesting shit. You won't see a union forward chase his own grubber and beat a winger to win a game in the 80th minute
>>63641022
I kek'd tbqh
>>63644002
This is the sort of simplistic understanding I would expect from someone who's job description is "run fast, try not to get tackled"
>>63644037
>idolising someone for their physical attributes rather than for their skills
this is elite memery.
>Tom Brady will die in your lifetime
>>63643967
nah, check wiki cunt
the welsh mem of "muh boxing champions" literally is mainly based on british boxing champions lel
>>63644031
It's called "league", it's a terrible disease that has plagued Australia for decades.
>>63644065
Oh fuck off mate I'd rather have forwards do boring shit than have 13 centres.
>>63644028
i hope westhuizen gets better soon
>>63644052
well there you go then
>>63644094
Great feel
Cheaters deserve death
>>63644002
>t. aleisani sipitauinui, rabid league fan.
Either that or a pasty white kid who got into the sport in his teens or 20s but never played.
Who /sadderthanparis/ here?
>>63644095
>the welsh mem
what? that's not the meme you retard, that's not any meme, you literaly just made that up
go check espn faggot
http://www.esnewsreporting.com/boxingworldseries/
>>63644080
Meant to respond to your other retarded post about your utterly impressive physical attributes.
>>63644132
forwards play an important role in making the game not shit like league, but if you, as a 7 year old, unironically looked up to the fat smelly prop as your idol, I feel sorry for you.
>>63644170
so the latter, got it.
>>63644191
>daddy, when I grow up, I don't want to be the cool guy that scores the winning points, I want to be the fat man who gets to touch all of the big strong men near their naughty parts :D
>>63644145
>"pound for pound"
nice subjective opinion piece
check the actual numbers, as i posted them, ur proper merked cunt (^:
>>63644098
Man, it's not looking good, that motor neuron disorder has savaged his body. And with the way he speaks about his charity work, it doesn't sound like he's including himself in his plans ;_;
Where are the mods at, this is an icon of this sport, he deserves a sticky ffs
>>63644226
>I love standing on the wing combing my hair for 70 minutes!
My dad would have called you a fag.
Again, you probably didn't play the sport. Only at the very top level do wings bare any importance.
Only front rowers are particularly fat and smelly. I don't even disagree that much, but you just sound like somebody who never played the sport.
>>63644269
>implying I was a wing
>implying I'd be happy with being anything other than the most important cunt on the field
Stay smelly, fat man
>>63644242
The only sports that are ever given stickies are American sports m8. Tendulkar could die tomorrow and there would still be no sticky.
>>63644280
I was a second rower.
Again, playing Jonah Lomu Rugby doesn't make you Merhtens or Carter, my friend.
>The cause of death has been confirmed as Peritonitis from an unusually large bowel movement.
Damn...
>>63644307
And I was a first five. Just because I see the game for what it is doesn't mean I never played it m8
I'm from NZ, I don't think anyone went through high school without playing
>>63644226
>daddy, when I grow up I want to be the guy who touches the ball twice a game just to Gary Owen, I don't want to be the guy taking the ball in every line out, putting huge shots on and who lifts the trophy at the end of the game
Basically if you idolised backs you're a directionless no-hoper spastic who has no concept of the idea of hard work. There's a reason why it's only cunts like JOC, QC, Cipriani, Savea, Beale and Guildford who behave like total fucking leaguies, beat their wives and do embarrassing shit.
>>63644318
NOBODY SAY IT
>>63644228
(You)
>>63644096
don't get me wrong i like league. used to live near QE2 stadium, broncos old home ground. i went to broncos game
but i follow union as well, watch it every now and then, i dont understand why the hate tho
>>63644360
I just lost my shit in a Japanese restaurant.
JONAH LITERALLY DIED OF POOICIDE.
>>63644368
Literally furious that their sport will never be relevant, that's pretty much it.
>>63644318
>>63644360
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
>>63644371
>lost my shit
(YOU) LITERALLY POOICIDING RIGHT NOW
>>63644392
I think you think you're answering the opposite question lad.
>>63644306
>Tendulkar
Who?
>>63643923
infuriated lanklet detected
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
RIP Jonah, you will always be the freakiest thing I have ever seen on a sports field.
>>63643767
This is true, league wingers even to this day can be manlets.
>>63644429
Nope. 6'4" 110kg in my playing days.
my thoughts are with his family
>>63644461
>His casket wont be covered with this flag
>>63644473
Being too tall as a winger is a disadvantage, look at Daniel Tupou. He's a good high ball threat but gets driven back due to his frame every time. Uate type build is GOAT
>>63644486
Oh fuck has anyone searched /r/rugbyunion for some cringeworthy yank rugger posting?
F
>>63644479
I was backrow f/am, but most second rowers are literally just lanklets that jump in the lineouts and run straight into people as their knees get chopped out from under them.
>>63644479
>lying on the internet
>the poo peeland GOAT literally died because of pooicide
rest in poo one of the greatest meme players to ever play, you were one of the unironically good memes.
partying with ur buddy in heaven now
rip big guy (′︿‵｡)
>>63644578
I played 6 and 8 as well but our scrum got too weak if we didn't have me at 2nd row. And I tended to blow up towards the end of a game at 6.
>>63644479
Lomu was 6' 5" and 119 kgs.
You're literally a small lock at the current professional standard level and Lomu played 20 years ago.
>>63644652
Mate Hayne was garbage. That's why everyone was so amused when he instantly became the goat gridiron player, he literally couldn't even get selected for the wallabies during his rugby career
>for you Jonah
Kia Ora, my name is Davis Lomu.
I’m a 27 year old American Rugger (Rugby fan for you uneducated). I watch and discuss all things Rugby on my tablet, and spend my days perfecting my knowledge and playing superior British Commonwealth games.
I train with my Gilbert every day, this superior ball can cut clean through the air because of the renowned torpedo punt kick and spiral cut-out pass techniques, and is vastly superior to any other ball on earth. I bought my first pair of Rugby "boots" two years ago, and I have been getting better every day.
I speak Kiwi fluently, both the North and the South Island dialects as well as Maori, and I write fluently as well. I know everything about Christchurch history and their earthquake building codes, which I follow 100%.
When I get my New Zealand visa, I am moving to Christchurch to attend the prestigious Christchurch Boys' High School to learn more about their magnificent culture and their illustrious rivalry with Christ's College. I hope I can earn a spot on the school's First XV!
I own several pairs of jandals, which I wear around town. I want to get used to wearing them before I move to New Zealand, so I can fit in easier. I bow to my cuzzies and speak Maori as often as I can, but rarely does anyone manage to respond.
Wish me luck in Aotearoa!
>>63644701
I know that, I never played professionally. Too small for lock and too slow for 6/8. But at schoolboy and club level that's standard.
>>63644702
He wasn't even good enough to make Super Ugly teams
Greetings /rug/byunion. Not sure if I'm in the right place or not, but I watched the world cup game this weekend and I have a few questions. Rugby is hardly on television in the United States so we don't get a chance to watch it that much (although it seems most Universities here have a Rugby team). But first, an observation:
This sport is fucking insane.
It reminds me of a childhood game we play on the playground in America called "smear the queer". Yeah, not a real politically correct name, but neither are 12 year olds. The whole point of the game is to tackle the guy with the ball. There's no points or rules or any shit like that, you just attempt to tackle the guy with the ball and if you have the ball you run like hell.
I've spent a decent portion of my life watching American football (NFL) and playing contact sports so I'm familiar with the physicality of it all, but the amount of time that players spend "in the trenches" in Rubgy seems a lot higher.
I have a few quick questions that I hope don't sound too ridiculous:
Maybe I missed something, but when on offense and each player is pitching the ball backwards to their teammates, they never seem to switch direction and pitch the ball the other way. Can you only keep running towards one side of the field?
Why aren't more ball-handlers evading tackles? I noticed that many times it would be 1-on-1 and the ball carrier would just run right into the defender. Why not put a few jukes on the defender?
Can you just kick the ball downfield any time you like? It seems so.
Are there any "plays" that are designed or is it more free-flowing like soccer?
Cheers mates and RIP Jonah Lomu
>>63641419
Martin Crowe will be gone soon too. Bad time to be a NZ sports fan desu.
>>63644701
If the highest you can put your argument is "an amateur forward is not as big as a player who was renowned for being freakishly big" I think I accept it.
>>63644809
Chris Cairns will probably be executed soon too.
>>63641832
>hashtags
Fuck sake.
>>63641419
You are now imagining the internal dilemma of NZ rugby players trying to decide if they still need to keep Kerry Collins as their Twitter picture or if enough time has passed.
>>63644306
I think some current handegg (maybe it was baseball actually) player just died and there was no sticky
>>63644797
/rug/ is here >>63608912, you'll be more likely to get your questions answered there.
>New Zealand flag
>>63644958>(You)
>>63644958
>the fucking state of (you)
>>63643591
Well if it was his kidneys it was peeicide.
>>63641705
Nephrotic syndrome
>>63644882
Are you retarded?
>>63643853
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt--SGmIKIQ
>>63644797
>this flag
>this topic
>>63644964
10/10 post tbhlad
>>63644371
>>63644318
>>63644360
I just went from depressed to crying with laughter.
>tfw you realise Jonah suffered most of his adult life
>tfw you realise he probably died painfully
not fair desu he was such a quality person
>>63644838
Good lord that trial is fucking messy.
It's amazing NZ cricket is still going at the moment.
Also explains why they capitulated so often when he was playing.
>>63641814
>>63642954
>>63644307
Do you think the ambulance rushed him to ward 4?
e All Blacks won the match 39-35.
I always fancied, somehow, that however much Lomu was revered in New Zealand, still we loved him more in Australia. Not just for his ability, but for his humility. He was a man who had every right to swagger, but never did. It seemed odd, and not right, that such a force of nature should suffer from a debilitating kidney disease, but he never complained of it. He just got on with it.
It seems now, downright wrong, that one such as he should die so young.
But what a legacy he leaves behind, and what memories. Jonah Lomu. He changed the way the game was played. He was the most thrilling player not just of his generation, but of all time.
He will be missed.
>>63645300
d...did someone photoshop Jonah's head on to someone else's body?
>no silver fern
>naby blue
>wearing soccer shorts
What is this nonsense?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heoO_5MvZ0w
And everyday is the right day
>>63645323
LE MARDINITY XD XD XD
wtf man
rip Lomu
it just goes to show that we got to live our lives to the fullest because we never know when our time will come
totally unexpected
I hope he really is enjoying his slice of heaven, family
It's not surprising with all his health problems, but it's pretty damn sad..
>>63645300
are Maradona, Bale and Mou the only soccer men who like rugby?
aussies are being pretty mean tonight
>>63643639
but who was phone??????
>>63645707
Ryan Giggs and Rooney like rugby league, dunno about union
>>63643829
your mum's pussy is though
>>63641023
>I'm no fan of rugby but I
>but I
>thinking Jonah or anyone else gives a fuck if you are a fan of Rugby or not
>implying this in anyway concerns you
Millennials ladies and gentleman
F
a real human big guy and a real hero
>>63645736
Poopeelians are on pootetual pooicide and poorious watch
http://www.amazon.com/Fusion-FJL1211-subwoofer-including-aluminum/dp/B005DL3JEK
This just tripled it's value
literally who
>people in this thread saying 'literally who' who don't realise that it reflects on them badly rather than Jonah
bad mana if I can be honest.
>>63645887
the 4th word in that sentence that you're looking for is poopeetual.
>new zealand in charge of living a full healthy life
>>63645887
>talking about pooicide watch
I think this is the most appropriate time to discuss this. If New Zealand had implemented a more thorough degree of pooicide watch then Jonah would still be with us today.
Frankly I'm disappointed. Australians have been giving New Zealanders friendly reminders to be on pooicide watch regularly for a number of years. In exchange for Australia's concern for the wellbeing of their Eastern neighbours, kiwis responded by calling us "Poopeelians", an insult that is as nonsensical as it is offensive.
Australia even took more drastic measures, placing New Zealand immigrants in detention so that they could be informed about the risks they faced when their pacific islander bodies tried to squeeze out a monster dook.
This is the lesson you had to have New Zealand. We can only pray that in future you will not be so foolhardy as to completely ignore your friends, who need you more than anyone, to keep them on pooicide watch.
>>63646205
>this poorious post
lad calm down
>LE EBIN AU/SP/ TROLLMASTER XD XD
Lads hold me pls the world isn't right
Fucking Hell, Cant believe it
This guy is the reason i got into Rugby in the first place from watching him steamrolling english players
Did he commit pooicide?
May he rest in peace.
Hiroshimoot give sticky please.
No way... I knew I should have stayed in bed today
>>63646302
We're all gonna be ok m8.
RIP Samoa Joe
;_;
I loved u in The Expedables #PrayForNZ
>>63645736
I'm sorry I was sad but then I saw how he died.
HE LITERALLY DIED OF POOICIDE.
>New Zealanders in charge of handling their shit
kek
KEK
>>63641038
Not really unexpected unfortunately, he rejected his kidney transplant in 2011. He's been having hours of dialysis a day since then.
I think New Zealand would be classy if Don Bradman passed away.
/NRL/ was right
>thought all the poo peeland pooicide posting was a stupid meme
>Jonah Lomu literally dies from pooing himself
Not sure what to believe anymore. This is literally game changing.
>Jonah Loopoo
>>63646543
>he rejected his kidney transplant in 2011
Why? Was it a religious thing?
>>63646602
It was a human kidney
>>63646578
Jonah Lomu even in death literally remains the ultimate game changer
>>63646602
It was a pigs kidney and he had converted to Islam
>>63646602
No, >>63646543 phrased it wrongly. The transplanted kidney he had was starting to be rejected by his body.
>>63646646
>getting rejected by your own kidney
truly the darkest timeline
>>63646660
Organ transplants can be rejected because your immune system treats the donated organ as a invading pathogen. Your immune system has to be suppressed in order for the transplant to work.
>>63646660
It originally belonged to someone else m8.
>Jerry plows head-on into a sewerage truck
>Jonah tears his colon taking a shit
probably just a coincidence
Were his health problems directly caused from rugby?
>>63646578
>>63646597
>>63646611
>>63646637
Lads. Lads pls. Not today :(
ITT: Australians show their class
>>63646766
we only do it because we know you can take it
it's a sign of respect
I didn't even know it was possible to pooicide
Poor Poo Peeland can't event handle shitting
Lets just reflect on the size this shit must have been to kill Jonah fucking Lomu
>>63646714
no it was an underlying genetic problem, he had right from the start of his career.
>>63646766
Right, why don't you show us how it's done and clap us off the field you big gaybo.
>>63646982
>gaybo
I like it
>>63647008
>he never used gaybo as a child
fuck off back to syria m8
This hurt me more than the Paris attack, fuck.
>>63647176
are you gonna put a black filter over you facebook photo?
>>63647190
Fuck no. I don't even have the french flag filter.
>>63640876
He was da best
Wish he had come to Dallas
>>63647190
>using facebook
>>63647211
dont people still use bebo in nz?
>>63647219
myspace
>>63647203
That's funny I filter french flags all the time.
>>63646570
Don is a poor mans Kane Williamson tbqh
>>63646570
What about when Greg Chappell dies?
Will the collective butthurt cause new zealand to shit themselves to death?
>>63647350
No seriously who?
f
>tfw Lomu was actually a Pakeha but his internal pooicide issues darkened his skin all these years
>>63647350
Probably more if Trevor Chappell dies.
Fucking hell ;_;
@63646982
Because it's not about (You). In fact this has got nothing to do with (You). And (You) just can't fucking deal with that can (You)?
>>63647203
French flag filter is good but Australian flag filter is the best.
What the fuck.
RIP
poorpetually pooper poorturbed poo peeland poofters on eternal literally poorius damage control and pooicide watch
rip lad
ripped his arsehole
Fuck he was younger than Brad Thorn
>rugby player
>get into conversation with some other rugby player
>he says he has to train 24/7 but is managing to keep his spot in the starting side
>was quite impressed, asked him what team he plays for
>tells me "new zealand"
>mfw
>wonder if he was being serious about his team being hard to get into
>turns out he was
>instantly Iose respect for him
l assume there's a few kiwis on here, so I'm actually curious. Do you guys actually think your team is difficult to get into, or are you at the stage where you realise anyone could do it?
Anyone actually got sauce on an article saying he died curling out a monster turd?
>>63641022
Straya cunt
>>63640876
>australian shitposters have zero class: the thread
>>63648474
i expected it tbhfam
>>63645325
kek
>>63648304
In NZ we call that giving birth to an Australian
just need to know how MWNN is reacting to this
>>63648477
ANALLY DEVASTATED
POO PEELAND REKT AGAIN
>>63648474
PP posing as BSA: the poost
Seen basically nothing about it on the news, like one flash from ABC saying how many tests he played. Is he really that obscure over here?
>>63648304
It was cardiac arrest.
>listening to Ausfailian shitposters
>>63648474
So nothing new or particularly special then.
>>63648518
It was brought on by peritonitis sustained during a bowel movement, you seething fucking casual.
@63648295
>I POZTED IT AGEN XD XD
Anyone gonna edit his Wiki page to read cause of death as pooicide?
>>63648527
fuck off you piece of shit cunt
what's your source?
Exactly. nothing has been published yet.
You're not funny, you're pathetic human garbage.
>>63648539
There's probably over a thousand people on the page at any one time. It would be deleted in less than a second and you would get instabanned.
Would be best to wait a few days you seething casual.
>>63648547
>you piece of shit
You better not be insinuating that I'm responsible for his death
>>63648304
>>63648518
>>63648527
Cause of death is still uncertain.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/74160034/jonah-lomu-dies--the-end-for-an-all-blacks-legend-new-zealand-hero
>>63648559
kek'd
I don't give a flying fuck about your stupid kiwi sports, explain to me how important this dude is?
What would his death compare to if you guys had real sports stars and lived in a real country?
>>63648559
S A V A G E
A
V
A
G
E
>>63648574
He is Phillip Rivers tier.
I grew up in South Africa and some of my first real clear memories are of watching Jonah Lomu run through people in the 1995 world cup. At school the name rang with an almost mythic quality. Him and Pete Sampras were the only foreign people kids would play as (and the Pete Sampras thing might have just me).
When I moved to Australia a couple of years later the first friend I made was a kid from New Zealand. "Are you from New Zealand?" "Yeah" "Do you like rugby" "Yeah" "How good is Jonah Lomu hey" and we were instantly friends.
This is really sad news. The guy was a hero.
>>63648574
Literally the Michael Jordan of this sport.
>>63648587
so a fan favorite underrated dude who's been plagued with sub level talent around him that can never stay healthy but he somehow still can still ball out?
>>63648596
wait, seriously?
>>63648606
just fuck off wanker
>>63648574
manute bol
>>63648606
Yes, exactly.
He never won a ring either.
How the fuck
>>63648606
He was the greatest ever rugby player in the history of the sport, so yeah, Micheal Jordan is a perfect analogy.
Poo Peeland is literally fucking destroyed, it's great.
>>63648612
damn rip
f
>>63648610
no this is my board u fuck off kiwi ;)
>>63648621
Mccaw is Jordan
>>63648623
KEK, mccaw is Delly tier at best.
>>63648623
Ok to be honest I have never watched a game of rugby, I just thought he was the GOAT based on the reactions here.
>>63648574
kinda like Matthew Dellavedova
>>63648606
Is bigger that Jordan tbqh. The reason is that we will never know how good he could be.
With Jordan you got your 20 years with the guy being the GOAT and winning everything, but Lomu played with that kidney disease his entire life. He played for less than a decade. If he was able to become the GOAT under those conditions, is hard to imagine how could have been if he had more health/time
Dude was barely 40. He could even be active until very recently
>>63648574
>so fucking elite for about five years that everyone after him just copied him
>>63648559
ayy
>>63648547
cry some more memespouter
>>63648635
>Bigger than Jordan
>Never won a WC
kek nice one you memesprouter
>>63641237
this is horrible
>>63648635
Yeah, Lomu was even doing the haka in London for the WC. This is so fucked
>>63648640
speaking of human garbage, what's up you Cantabrian sack of shit?
>Need to do a poo
>Jonah's death has me on edge about pooing
>If I wait too long it just ups the chances of doing damage
This is a real fucking dilemma.
>>63648682
Is Strayabro kill?
Which legend will shed his mortal coil next?
>tfw facing my own mortality has become fucking unavoidable today on the road to work
>>63641304
yeah when if I had nephrotic kidney disease I wouldnnt want to do a massive promotional campaign. He should have been covalescing not doing promo work for the 2015 RWC... hindsight tho
>>63648635
So hes rugby Lemieux
Protip: Gretzky was better. I mean still RIP, but dont start with this stupid argument again.
RIP IN PEACE LOMU
>>63641282
I watched this live as a kid, guy was unstoppable. Then he started popping up in all sorts of adverts soon after.
RIP
A lovely story from Sir Clive Woodward paying tribute to Jonah Lomu on the Today programme:
>"The night before a game I used to list the two teams, and I said in a team meeting 'there's absolutely nobody I'd swap man for man'. I was doing my motivational talk. I got to the end and Will Greenwood put his hand up and said: 'Clive we're all with you, but on behalf of all the team I think we'd swap Austin Healey for Jonah Lomu'."
RIP
>>63641022
Closing in on England here, I see.
rip
This makes me very sad :( a true legend
literally who
RIP
a legend of the game, and had a pretty cool rugby game.
>kill yourself with roids and other PEDs
>make millions of dollars
>die
Why should I care?
>>63644838
Shariah doesn't specify match fixing
>>63648295
If I could be frank, Benji literally couldn't even make it in the worst Super Ugly side
>>63649025
That wasn't roid situation. Lomu has suffered from lower back problems almost for half of your life.
>>63649074
Roids just fucked up his liver.
>>63648295
It's harder to get into than any league team. Those guys unironically take fobs who have never even played the game before
>>63649120
Literally (Yes). The roids and all the KFC he probably ate.
>>63649122
Unlike the allblacks, whose best ever player was a sickly coconut that died from taking a bit shit
>>63649134
>>63649109
Samefagging aussie shitposters. Go bounce an oval ball on the ground white you run around in a circle then hit it with your fist.
>fat coconut dies from diabeetus after years of KFC abuse
Yawn
>>63649137
Nothing to do with what we're talking about. League is just that easy that people need zero prior knowledge to play it. Think of it this way m8. If a league "star" died right now, nobody would care. What a nothing sport
>>63649145
> you in charge of nephrotic syndrome
>>63649154
>you in charge of not being a poorpetually pooper poorturbed poo peeland poofter who is on eternal literally poorius damage control and pooicide watch
>>63649137
>>63649145
Why are poo peelanders so soft, bros?
Can't even handle a little bit of chicken with some rugby on the side.
>>63649179
Meanwhile Australians die playing cricket. though I guess that's better than living your life as a cripple like that league player
>>63649179
Shit tier coconut genetics mixed with terrible ""lifestyle"" choices.
>>63649179
KEK
>poo peeland
>pooicide watch
Pick literally POO
So it has been confirmed that he died from a build of shit
What would drive a man to kill himself by refusing to poo?
What would push a man, that we all loved, to pooicide?
>>63649211
Poor guy didn't go to uni while playing rugby, and became literally worthless once his rugby ""career"" ended, and he found he couldn't contribute to society.
This should be a lesson for all of us to continue our studies and make something of ourselves, lest we come to the same sad end Lomu came to.
>>63646205
This is art
ITT: Aussies showing they simply are incapable of not shitposting regardless of the topic.
>>63649236
>shitposting
ayyy I understood this reference
I guess his shit just fucked him up
>literally died on the toilet
What a hero
;_;
>>63648858
kek
JUSD FUGG MAH SHUD UB FAMM
>Rugby legend dies
>Australians engineer the idea that he died whilst taking a shit to perfection and people run with it
Aussies are so elite at shitposting it scares me
>>63649248
Just like Elvis 2bh.
Both were also fat cunt has-beens when they died.
2spooky
>>63649272
we didn't make it up, it was leaked earlier in the day on TV/radio
>>63640876
l i t e r a l l y whom
ryan hall or tom lineham would run through this grub
Lets get this bad boy to 1000
Shirt lifter t/b/h
N E W T H R E A D
W
H
E
N
>>63649285
For those of us who don't watch inferior Northern sport, who are they?
>>63648488
Really? That's the funniest thing I've read all day.
>>63649278
Gonna need a source on that Tbh
>>63649303
>The cause of death has been confirmed as Peritonitis from an unusually large bowel movement.
>>63649315
>unusually large
I love Jonah but fuck me this is too hilarious
>>63649315
Can't find it m8 gonna need a link.
Unless you have been LYING ON THE INTERNET all along.
>>63649392
Come one m8. Don't.
>>63641022
literally poorious
F
also I'm going to play his old Playstation 1 rugby game again, it's from 96 I think and still good
>>63649285
>this hemisphere
>this post
>>63649477
It's the greatest rugby game to ever come out even to this day with 2008 as a close second.
fug
>>63649392
That's really fucking lousy of you man.
Really fucking cheap.
I hope the couple of (You)s you get from dumbass BSAs and poms make you feel good about your horrible self.
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