{"id":278120,"date":"2025-11-11T17:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278120\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:51:12","slug":"remembering-jonah-lomu-rugby-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278120\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Jonah Lomu &#8211; Rugby World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img width=\"209\" height=\"300\" data-processed=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RUG317.editorial.cover_-209x300.jpg\" class=\"lazyload blur-up alignright wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jonah Lomu\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-   data-image-id=\"180179\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rugby\u2019s first superstar would have turned 50 this year.<\/p>\n<p>The late, great Jonah Lomu was born in 1975 and it was at the 1995 World Cup in South Africa where he roared onto the international scene, destroying England in the semi-final by scoring four tries and instantly writing his name into rugby union folklore.<\/p>\n<p>In the week leading up to the All Blacks\u2019 latest trip to Twickenham, we remember their most famous son with a dedicated special issue a decade on from the legendary wing\u2019s untimely passing aged 40.<\/p>\n<p>What is in Rugby World\u2019s Jonah Lomu special issue?<\/p>\n<p>Remember When\u2026 Rugby World took Jonah Lomu to Legoland!<br \/>\nFace-off: Has any player come close to matching Jonah Lomu\u2019s impact? Shane Williams says no\u2026<br \/>\nWhat it\u2019s like to\u2026 Interview Jonah Lomu by former Rugby World editor Alison Kervin<br \/>\nLAST OF HIS KIND, Deputy editor Josh Graham speaks to Lomu\u2019s team-mates, opponents and former room-mates to uncover some untold stories about the big man on the wing<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload blur-up alignnone size-large wp-image-180181\" data-processed=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-17.17.17-615x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"450\" data-  \/><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Jones on how Jonah Lomu changed rugby more than any other individual<br \/>\nCampbell Burnes of NZ Rugby News charts the All Blacks\u2019 search for \u2018the next Jonah\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload blur-up alignnone size-large wp-image-180184\" data-processed=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-17.36.21-622x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"450\" data-  \/><\/p>\n<p>What else is in the latest Rugby World?<\/p>\n<p>THE BIG INTERVIEW: Stuart Lancaster at Connacht<br \/>\nThe American Dream: Alex Spink checks in on the future World Cup hosts<br \/>\nSam the Man: Pat McCarry catches up with Sam Prendergast after a topsy-turvy time of things<br \/>\nLads on Tor: We climb to Everest base camp with Jonathan \u2018Foxy\u2019 Davies<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload blur-up alignnone size-large wp-image-180182\" data-processed=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-17.30.22-620x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\" data-  \/><\/p>\n<p>TOP 12: Rugby game changers including Waisale Serevi, Cheslin Kolbe and Antoine Dupont\u2026<br \/>\nTHE BUCKET LIST: We headed to Rodney Parade to take in a URC Welsh derby between Dragons and Cardiff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload blur-up alignnone size-large wp-image-180183\" data-processed=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-11-at-17.33.18-623x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"450\" data-  \/><\/p>\n<p>Randwick in Australia<br \/>\nHarlequins academy go to Malawi!<br \/>\nAlex Goode analyses\u2026 How Bath can conquer Europe in the Champions Cup<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.rugbyworld.com\/az-magazines\/34207421\/rugby-world-subscription.thtml?j=YRW&amp;_ga=2.223301531.168497156.1716547023-1445549053.1710332017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/subscribe.rugbyworld.com\/az-magazines\/34207421\/rugby-world-subscription.thtml?j=YRW\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-21298\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" 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