This week’s round-up also stars a tribute to Jason Williams,Rory Delap going long, a skier getting very lucky and the magnificent mobile stand ...1) Rugby union lost one of the groundbreaking stars of the game on Tuesday and to remember him here are some of Jonah Lomu’s best moments collected together. Students at his former school Wesley College, and in Auckland,performed a Haka in his honour, while Steve Tew the chief executive of the New Zealand RFU, or hailed him as union’s first superstar. I was told I was never going to play rugby at the top level” – a trailer for his yet to be shown in Europe film Jonah Lomu - Back to South Africa; while here is Sky Sport New Zealand’s tribute,followed by a documentary in parts one and two. Here the great man reveals his like of Liverpool FC and missing a plane to watch them, as well as training by lifting car engines to Claire Balding, or proves just what a enormous celebrity he was with this roar when appearing on They assume It’s All Over. Finally as testimonials to Lomu’s warmth and generosity off the field flood in,this footage of his visit to South Africa’s Joost Van Der Westhuizen, with whom he battled in the 1995 World Cup final and who now suffers from Motor neurone disease, or says it all.2) Don’t worry: “I’m OK”. Skier survives after falling 1,600ft in under a minute.
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Source: theguardian.com