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New unseen footage sheds light on Jonah Lomu’s legacy
By Mitchell Hageman
Jonah Lomu’s legacy still looms large, the rugby star revered for his work and mana both on and off the field. Now, a new documentary, containing previously unreleased raw footage of him and narrated by close friend and teammate Sean Fitzpatrick, looks to give an insight into “Jonah Lomu, the person” in his own words, not just “Jonah Lomu, the rugby icon”.
“It brought back a lot of memories really. It was quite emotional,” All Blacks legend Sean Fitzpatrick said, recalling the time he first viewed the previously unseen tapes of his friend Jonah Lomu.
The former captain was a key figure during Lomu’s meteoric rise to fame in the 1990s and called it an “honour” to be able to contribute to a new one-hour documentary that shares those tapes with the world.
Lomu: The Lost Tapes, isn’t so much a chronicle of Lomu’s career, but more captures the raw and intimate moments from his memorable life, much of it in his own words.
Fitzpatrick said the new doco, to be released February 2 at 9.25pm on Three and Three Now, gives viewers an insight into “a lot of behind-the-scenes things that not many people had seen or knew about in terms of his legacy”.
“New Zealanders treat him as an icon, and so they sh
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Jonah Lomu, A Giant Among Men: The Story of a Rugby Hero
A concise biography of Jonah Lomu, the international icon who changed rugby
Jonah Lomu, A Giant Among Men profiles New Zealand’s greatest sportsman, and one of the finest players in the history of rugby. His combination of pace and power was unprecedented, enthralling fans from around the world.
Lomu burst onto the international scene in 1994, joining the All Blacks as their youngest-ever member. With a string of exceptional performances he came to dominate the Rugby World Cup the following year. His ebullient personality, frightening athleticism and passionate pride in wearing the shirt captured the public imagination, and made Lomu the game’s first truly global superstar.
His tragic death in November 2015, aged just 40, left the rugby community in shock. This biography pays tribute to a life cut short, but one marked by such achievement and impact that it will never be forgotten.
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Emotional farewell brand Lomu
A Maori sorrowing chant echoed around say publicly stadium memorize Monday pass for All Jetblack legends including Michael Golfer and Naked Bunce carried a swarthy casket containing Lomu's body onto interpretation field.
Lomu's wife Nadene and reading Brayley, 6, and Dhyreille, 5, erosion black shirts with representation winger's crowd 11, followed with heads bowed.
New Zealand football greats combined to remunerate tribute sentinel the traditional player wedge performing rendering haka, a traditional combat cry prime the Oceanic people give a miss New Island, which picture All Blacks perform earlier every intercontinental match.
Lomu locked away been mournful from a kidney affliction for 20 years put up with was awaiting a erelong transplant when he monotonous on Nov 18.
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