Q 01/05

As a baby, Jonah Lomu was sent to be raised by an aunt in which Pacific nation, his parents' homeland?

A) Samoa

B) Tonga

C) Fiji

D) Niue

Answer · why

B) Tonga

Tonga was home for his first years, in the care of an aunt. Back in South Auckland he clashed with his strict father, and the two ended up estranged.

Q 02/05

On his 1994 debut, Jonah Lomu took which All Blacks record that had stood for about 90 years?

A) Most tries on debut

B) Biggest win on debut

C) Youngest debutant

D) Fastest try on debut

Answer · why

C) Youngest debutant

Youngest debutant: he was 19 years and 45 days old, and the All Blacks lost. A year later he went to the World Cup as a wildcard pick with only two ca...

Q 03/05

Jonah Lomu's displays at the 1995 World Cup are widely credited with hastening which change in rugby union?

A) Video referees

B) Going professional

C) Bonus-point scoring

D) Yellow-card sin bins

Answer · why

B) Going professional

Going professional: his four-try semi-final is widely credited with drawing the commercial deals that let an amateur sport start paying its players, a...

Q 04/05

Which opposing player did Jonah Lomu famously run straight over for his first try in the 1995 semi-final?

A) Jeremy Guscott

B) Rory Underwood

C) Will Carling

D) Mike Catt

Answer · why

D) Mike Catt

Mike Catt was the last defender: Lomu, knocked off balance by a tap tackle ten yards out, regained his feet and ran over the top of him. It was the fi...

Q 05/05

Which opposing captain said of Jonah Lomu in 1995: 'He is a freak and the sooner he goes away the better'?

A) Lawrence Dallaglio

B) Rob Andrew

C) Will Carling

D) Martin Johnson

Answer · why

C) Will Carling

Will Carling said it after the game in which Lomu scored four tries past his side, the first of them after Carling's own tap tackle failed to bring hi...