My Hero

 Jonah Lomu

Jonah Tali Lomu was born in Auckland but grew up in Tonga with his Aunty and Uncle, He was born on the 12th May 1975. He was 1.96m tall and weighed 120kg. He was also married three times and had two kids called Brayley and Dhyreille.

Jonah went to Wesley College and when he started playing rugby at Wesley College he was the top try scorer. Jonah scored 185 points for the All Blacks. He scored 37 tries in just 63 test matches. He was the top try scorer in the World Cup when he scored fifteen tries in just eleven games. McDonalds named a burger after him in 1996 called the Jonah burger. His famous playing number was eleven. In 1995 Jonah was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome and underwent a kidney transplant in 2004. His new kidney was donated by Grant Kereama, a close friend and New Zealand radio presenter. In 2015 Lomu died from a heart attack related to his kidney disease.

I chose Jonah because I like playing rugby and Jonah was really good at playing rugby so I wanted to learn more about him. 

Alex

For the last few weeks, I have been researching about Jonah Lomu. Once I had found all the information I made a report on him and what he did.