Sunday, September 7, 2008

The Person I admire The Most


Everyone in this world have their own idol and the person their admire the most.Today, in this blog I would like to wrote the person I admire the most.The person I admire is Jonah Tali Lomu.He had sixty three caps for All Black after debuting in 1994.He is generally regarded as the first true global superstar of rugby union.

He full name is Jonah Tali Lomu but he was known as Jonah Lomu.He was born on May 12, 1975 in New Zealand.He is a New Zealand rugby union footballer.He is 1.96m (6 ft 5 in) talls and 119 kg weight.He is the most tallest and heaviest back in All Blacks history.Despite his size he was still able to run 100 metres in 10.89 seconds.

During his career, Lomu represented New Zealand in the national under 19 side in 1994 as well as the under 21 side the following year.At the age of 19 years and 45 days, Jonah Lomu became the youngest All Black test player as he debuted on the wing against France in 1994. Lomu burst onto the international rugby scene during the 1995 World Cup in South Africa. At one time Lomu was considered 'rugby union's biggest drawcard', swelling attendances at any match where he appeared. He is officially the Rugby World Cup all-time top try scorer with 15 tries.

About his health issue, At the end of 1996 Lomu was diagnosed as having nephrotic syndrome, a rare and serious kidney disorder. His rugby union career went on hold whilst the disorder was treated. In May 2003, the NZRFU announced that Lomu had been put on dialysis three times a week due to deterioration in his kidney function. Side effects of Lomu's dialysis treatment led to severe nerve damage in his feet and legs; his doctors warned him that he faced life in a wheelchair if a kidney transplant was not performed soon.Late 2004, Lomu find a suitable donor for his kidney surgery.The donor was a Wellington radio presenter Grant Kareama.
After recover from the kidney surgery, Lomu make come back match with Province(if I’m not mistaken).There a lot of thing that I can tells about Jonah Lomu but I think I have done enough writing about this topic.Jonah Lomu was inducted to the International Rugby Hall of Fame on 9 October 2007.So,that all about the person I admire the most.

7 comments:

warith rasta say said...

butok pak hang!haha

hanisa_zulkifli@yahoo.com said...

ohh..minat rugby ke...interesting..hmm..memang bole agak kot sbb badan awk mmg sesuai main permainan rough nih..hehe..good..tulis byk agi psl diri awk yek...hehe..

Anonymous said...

-nice info and nice post coz i never know who he is b4,so at least ko m'perkenalkan s'org yg aku xprnh knl sblm ni..=P

Aufa said...

weh..sapa 2h!x kenal pun!negro plak 2h..hehehe!

york said...

haha...tq2....haa dya nih maori..org asli new zealand...bkn negro lorh..aiyoO

fara said...

Urm...
suka rugby...
npe hang suka sgt rugby ni?
=)

amrupetra said...

butoh pak ong