{"id":441458,"date":"2026-02-23T16:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441458\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:34:10","slug":"giant-wales-target-turns-into-jonah-lomu-as-monster-try-leaves-people-stunned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/441458\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Wales target turns into Jonah Lomu as monster try leaves people stunned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zack Wimbush, who was targeted for Wales by Warren Gatland, was immense for Exeter against Bath\"Zack<\/p>\n

Zack Wimbush of Exeter Chiefs scores(Image: 2026 Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Welsh-qualified centre Zack Wimbush has earned rave reviews for his performance for Exeter Chiefs over the weekend, with a fine display against Bath even seeing him compared to rugby legend Jonah Lomu.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old, who stands at 6ft 6in and weighs in at 115kg, is back with the Chiefs following a loan spell with Cornish Pirates and was the best player on the pitch as his side defeated the reigning champions 31-19 in the PREM Rugby Cup on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong-born Wimbush, who qualifies for Wales through his mother’s side of the family but is also eligible for England, proved a handful in midfield, with his powerful carries putting his side on the front foot time after time.<\/p>\n

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He capped off a memorable display with a superb solo try, fending off four tackles and sending opponents crashing to the turf as he powered over the line to score.<\/p>\n

His performance was so good, he was awarded a 9\/10 rating by our sister publication DevonLive, with the centre described as a “go-forward, momentum, metre-making machine”.<\/p>\n

The glowing review even compared him to All Blacks great Lomu, as it continued: “He repeatedly got Chiefs on the front foot in midfield despite the power and prowess of his opponents, Will Butt and Chris Harris.<\/p>\n

“He saved the best to last, though, with an absolutely sensational solo finish down the right wing, burst[ing] and breaking out of attempted tackles like he was Jonah Lomu incarnate.”<\/p>\n

Towards the end of his second stint as head coach of Wales, Warren Gatland<\/a> was keen to bring Wimbush into the international fold, while Cardiff<\/a>, Scarlets<\/a> and the Dragons have all previously been linked with moves for the talented youngster.<\/p>\n

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However, with England also likely to be interested, there could be another tug-of-war between the two nations brewing if the centre can replicate such performances week after week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zack Wimbush, who was targeted for Wales by Warren Gatland, was immense for Exeter against Bath Zack Wimbush…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55,9015],"class_list":["post-441458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wales-rugby-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}