Special Guest Sports Star Jonah Lomu - BBC sports comedy

[RobButler1984]

This clip in isolation doesn't make sense. Someone refered to jonah lomu as a poof and Chris Eubank said he's a BIG poof

[the26thhour]

Confused by the title?

Lets commit our entire lives to running around after a ball

Isn't Sports already the joke?

[tabitha501]

Jonah is big and hunky. But I notice that moron Eubanks had to practically hang over his desk trying to get in on the act. At the beginning you can see Nick Handcock quietly imploring him to sit down and let the game continue.

[silentbob82]

Anyone who hasn't seen the whole episode, the reaction when Lomu came out was because that earlier in the show Chris Eubank had referred to him as 'a big poof' :D

[mokekaraka]

JONAH LOMU is da MAN:):)"):):):)

[ttr15]

0:36 he says "hi jonah" kind of giving it away dont you think? hahah

[carpdiem88]

0:36? Did Nick Hancock just say "Hi Jonah"?? Effectively revealing the answer to the sportsman himself? Listen again.

[lukeusriley]

it's ridiculous how you are comparing Chris Eubank to Jonah Lomu. It is completely obvious that Eubank would win a boxing match against a fucking RUGBY player! It is also obvious that Jonah Lomu would smash Chris Eubank in a rugby match!:@

[Jovanantwerp]

awesome guy

[fernandofernandezgar]

great, great, great Lomu



[bazerthehat]

in a fight rugby player would win in a boxing match eubank would win

[superdan1875]

Why the hell is everyone trying to say that this rugby player could beat Eubank in a fight? Chris Eubank has mastered the art of fighting with fists and would flatten this man. Fighting against loma would be like fighting a journeyman in boxing terms.

[superdan1875]

@aledooo123

Are you crazy?

Eubanks chin could absorb anything!!!

[TopRugbyLad]

Doesn't look as big as he used to! :L

[TheRadFactor]

@TopRugbyLad Remember he had a kidney transplant..They guy was actually twice his size when he was on dialysis

[BoomBoomPowDatBitch]

@TopRugbyLad lol this video is from years ago

[ephabouyed]

I don't think that stick would have been much use against Jonah it would have broken and had no adverse effect. Lol

[2patero]

2 dislikes....Tony and Rory Underwood aye!!!! Come on guys, dry your eyes!

[EazyE275]

Making it very clear to all the Idiots...

Lomu is a Rugby Player

and Eubank is a boxer...

You cant compare shit.

Eubank would win in a boxing match.

Lomu would run him over on the field.

End of Story.

[Bucketheadhead]

@EazyE275 funny you say that lol, Lomu is now a boxer ! hahaha

[EazyE275]

@Bucketheadhead lol he is ?

[Bucketheadhead]

@EazyE275 i read in a newspaper recently he is trying his hand at heavyweight boxing lol

[Gracchi]

@Bucketheadhead yeh he challenged sbw a while ago, was about o fight in charity fight, with some otherx rugby players,, but recently took ill again, but seems alot better now, but dout he will be fighting.

[mustangphil84]

Jonah Lomu > Chris Eubank

[chaotica2410]

sod off eubank,lomu could knopck you out

[NZMeathead]

What year was this in, jonah looks quite lean here an young.

[NZMeathead]

@aledooo123 Weight classes are because of the rules, Size is not the only thing that matters in punching, speed/weight/technique/timing/­leg an shoulder power/ you dont have to be the best puncher in the world, just gotta be good enough to land them on ya target. Bruce lee was prob 60 kgs or so but was known for being able to punch harder than sonny liston, his punching power was generated alot by speed.

[NZMeathead]

@aledooo123 you assume because someone like jonah is big in size in weight that his punches are going to be really hard, a 80kg boxer can punch just as hard as a 110 kg boxer in theory, weight/speed/technique/leg power/shoulder power etc all come into the equation. So theres no reason why a 70kg fighter could not land a punch on the chin of jonah an knock him out an vice versa, when fights are with rules etc then weight controls take place.

[Blitzbok]

@NZMeathead A small Bruce Lee could punch someone twice his size meters backwards and clean off their feet with a one inch punch. No boxer could do that. So size is definitely not a factor.

[Bigglesworth93]

just to clarify Eubanks didnt insult lomu he actually was defending him someone made a comment about lomu and poof earlier in the show ,not directly only joking, and eubanks replied ye but a BIG poof. Eubanks had great respect for lomu and said himself in a boxing match he would out box Lomu but in a real fight Lomu would just grab him and he'd be finished.

[L0sAuCkLaNd]

FROM THE MEAN STREETS OF SOUF AUCKLAND TO THIS U DONE IT BIG HOMIE MALO CIANA

[Stallionaire300]

Fuck yous all! Tonga hard bitch

[ScouseBobWaterlooRfc]

Defo the best rugby player there ever was!!

[rynopot]

@aledooo123

Trust me - jonah won't get close. When do rugby players do martial arts by the way - I've never heard f that. And the proof is in the pudding as they say - how many rugby players hit their target when they throw a punch anyway? Any pro boxer will take out any pro rugby player, on any given day! You've got to move, and punching for 10 years versus punching every now and then, takes some beating. Jonah won't last a minute against Eubank!

[L0sAuCkLaNd]

@rynopot AWW NO SHIT DICK HEAD!!! A Rugby player to beat a boxer in a fight pFFFFFFFFFFFT

Rugby players train to score trys not knock the other team out u dum arse piece of shit.

[NZMeathead]

@L0sAuCkLaNd So because hes a rugby player he cant fight? every1 can fight to some extent, in a boxing fight yea he would most likey beat jonah, but in a street fight anything can happen, that how it is.

[Numanoid1963]

I would dare to suggest that ( back then) Lomu with a rugby ball in his hand, would take a run a Eubank and flatten him totally...

No fists are needed..:-)

[Incarnuus]

@aledooo123

idiot..the boxing weight divisions split the very best fighters who have spent eyars boxing and can punch way harder pound for pound than even a rugby guy.

In a boxing match in a ring Eubank would rip him apart and Lomu might not even connect with a punch..In a brawl i would imagine it would go the other way unless Eubank got a few hits in

[Bucketheadhead]

To those saying Lomu would kill Eubank, okay Lomu is a walking bear, but Eubank is a trained fighter whose profession was to go and knock people out.

Trained fighter vs anyone else = win for trained fighter.

Either way Lomu is a legend, the best ever, to call him a poof is a pretty poofy comment.

[hulmey100]

@Bucketheadhead , your talkin shite , a boxer would win if there was rules and it was a boxing match , but jonah would just smother him so he cant get a punch in and just twat him

[rynopot]

@hulmey100

Sorry Dude, got to disagree. if you don't train as a fighter, you'll NEVER know HOW to take someone on. How many times did rugby players throw punches to not even get close to hitting their target. A simple thing like landing a punch takes some skill (hang something small from a roof and see if you can hit it!).

[hulmey100]

@rynopot , are rugby players not taught how to bring some one down in their profession , quickly and effective , hence the fact jonah would just run at him and put him down , jump on top and make the twat tapout .. many many fights are not won by the fact that you have to know how to throw a punch , its also not hard to hit something small because that is just hand to eye co-ordination , was not royce gracie a world reknowned trained fighter that won a lot of matches without throwing a punch hmm

[syafik31]

woah,was the host the actor in mr.bean that stole mr.bean's camera?

[360cbh]

oh advertisement my fucking arse

[RandomGanker]

"Wembley Twin Towers"

[Kennyrobbo2007]

lomu is an absolute tank! would have loved to have seen him slap eubank

[anononomous]

I suppose even though he was already a Z list celebrity in those days, Eubank would secretly fancy his chances of dropping him if he managed to get a decent punch in.

He's much smaller, but still, he was the best middle weigh boxer in the world for quite a while.

[CCNeal10]

that is absolutely brilliant! Jonah Lomu who destroyed England's defence getting a welcome like that, fanstastic :)

[132000Volts]

He's an absolute beast. I think the contestants and the audience were so happy to have such a big name on there. Great stuff.

They think it's all over was quality

[ElSpewtardo]

Gary Lineker isnt the shortest guy around and Lomu dwarfs him

[jayantasodekar]

jrj4u.com

[HENDY270]

probably the best way to meet anyone...... feeling them up blindfolded

[rowler21]

RESPECT!!!

[pawel997998999]

geje...

[MrFridayMan1]

im sacred just sitting here

[fightingforlacy]

richie mccaw is the best player of all time...Lomu is the ball runner.

[mr2147]

@fightingforlacy you gotta be kidding mccaw is good but surely Michael Jones is the best No 7 NZ has ever produced...

[Aussiephil99]

@mr2147 ....many observers now consider McCaw the greatest ever no7. I grew up in NZ in the 1980s in Auckland and watched MJ play regularly for both Auckland and the All blacks and sure he was a freak with incredible skills. But McCaw is an absolute master of open side play....and beats Jones for work-rate and toughness. One NZ journalist wrote recently that if you picked the worlds best team of the last 40 years McCaw would be first picked.

[NZMeathead]

@Aussiephil99 Yea because they have the benefits are being Pro players compared to amater players before 1996, MJ could have been even better if he was in the pro era.

[biglittlejujitsuman]

lost alot of weight

[sizzlepopnz]

Yeah!!!!!!! The greatest Imapct rugby has ever seen-very hard to see that ever been done again by such a great player as Jonah Lomu-what awesome times for rugby they were to watch!

[Maxhummad]

@milliondirhamking When jonah was 14 professional footy didn't exist...

[crukopua]

haha crack up, what a great guy jonah is

[ROWLEYSTYLEZ]

Jonah's the MANTIS!!! Keep going G

[hanros98]

@milliondirhamking actually he played at the hong sevens when he was 15 and rugby was proffesional untill he as 20 years old

[mr2147]

@hanros98 for which team did he play for at the hong kong seves for? He didn't play sevens for NZ until he was 1993 when he was 18...

[hanros98]

@mr2147eah sorry bro, it wasn't the hong kong sevens, i think it was the singapore seven.

[hanros98]

@mr2147 i can't get the link because of some dumb error but type this into youtube and you will know what i'm talking about.

2007 SCC Rugby 7s - Interview with Jonah Lomu

[Kariraa]

@mr2147 Jonah played for a New Zealand Invitational team at the 1991 Singapore Sevens, I think he was only 15. He played at the 1994 Honk Kong sevens. I can remember watching him play for Counties against Canterbury and he was unstoppable, he truly is the greatest attacking rugby player of all time!

[BrocBeau]

he played 8 in school boy level,

[akasuperted]

and blindside. I still remeber his white touch shoes he use to play in. The good old days.

[FlySoHigh13]

The missed the fact Chris Eubank was slagging him off before he came on which made it funnier!

[eldirtyone]

@FlySoHigh13 He wasn't slagging him off in a bad way. Nick Hancock had called Jonah a poof, and Chris Eubank responded with "Yeah, but he's a big poof". Was still damn funny when he came out though :D

[partysounz]

I think your getting confused with Jonah becoming the youngest All Black ever at age 19

[vassitup]

nah he didnt, not that young lol

[podscott93]

what series and episode is this?

[JubbaTheHut69]

Dude jonah startd his rugby career as a forward he didnt become a winger till he made district teams!

[V8luvaBoY]

Lets start the Bring Back Jonah bandwagon!!!!!! lol

[liltank90]

lol i wuda grabbed his arm and sat down and apologised for touching him

[gangkapak]

what year was this video

[EazyE275]

Bucketheadhead your right in a way

But in the islands 34 is abit young

And i think on December or November he'll be back on the Field doing what he loves doing and what he does best

RUGBY !!!

[Bucketheadhead]

I sincerely hope so mate, I reaaaaaaaaaaaalllllyyyyyy do.

[antster1983]

Love Rory's jab at Christian Gross and Gary's reaction before Jonah comes out!

Ath Chrith Eubank thaid on the same epithode, "He'th a big poof!"

[SaintAyy]

what a TANK!!!

[SaintAyy]

Never forget the time when he debut for Wesley Colleges as a youngster he was playing #8 he was too quick for #8 though they put him out on the wing  @ #11 then grew from there onward.... then he got selected to play for Counties-Manukau STEELERS in the domestic comp call NPC. From there on....a star was born, thanxs for the memorys Jo ;-)

[bestirishfirefighter]

Hard 2 believe this nearly 12 years ago! Eubank shut up pretty quick after ealier saying in the show that Lomu was a big poof!

[chopperstevens]

eubank would of laid him out

[halo2mastercheif]

no he,s not he is my uncle

[kneenobla]

3rd div.......a?

[SpencerAt6]

"It's not the twin towers is it?"

[surabkbk]

lomu is back....he has signed a contract wit a french club...n they r expecting him to b n da international arena in nother 2 yrs max time...yeeha...!!!

[Bucketheadhead]

I'd love this to be true but he is a bit old for international rugby. His career ended very sadly. What a legend.

[jonconlon]

He's 34 or so now,not a chance.

[vaea46]

but Lomu has been doing power lifting for sometime now, since he left rugby. i hope they start him as number 8 in France.. dam that would be awesome. put him in the forwards. then let him work up too backs- 34 in Island nature is still young.

[blackreds2k7]

what do you mean work up to the backs how would playing him at 8 be a good idea he is a back either centre or wing to put him in the forwards would be idiotic, he has to be one of the best players the world has ever seen if not the best and he did this as a winger not a forward so dont change what works he might have lost some pace but he is still a centre/wing.

LOMU IS A LEGEND

[vaea46]

sup Blackreds2k7 Lomu is going to play for a French rugby club - hes not the same anymore after his operation - with his lungs - well he might have his pace back, since he has been doing some body building - but because he has lots of power, and if he has lost his speed. dam he will be a awesome number 8 for sure.

[mogz666]

urm i played wing then moved onto 8 best decision ive ever made(Y) wings these days barely see the ball as much as back then.

[thegreatnative]

dan carter is great but jonah lomu was awesome

[bergs67]

best rugby player of all time

[Joller515151]

Hell Yeah !!

[MattA96]

yep, unfortunately I doubt we'll ever see a weapon like that on a rugby field again. Once in a lifetime player.

[rtd1995]

@bergs67 well not really, he wasn't that skillful, as soon as he lost his pace he was never chosen again for new zealand because his pace and size was all he had.

[classycaleb23]

@rtd1995 Well he had health issues his whole international career. In the end it became too much and affected his form which is why he was not selected. Give him some credit.

[MarcusBowen]

Chris also said 'I don't believe it!' so many times, but it seems to be edited here.

[Medi400]

i love u

[rocky2936]

i reckon they can see in those blindfolds, rory kept looking up in the air to see lomu...

[MarcusBowen]

Yeah, and as if you'd guess that was the Women's Arsenal Football Team!!. Rory got that one right on the whistle, but as if you would know it was them!!.

That was in sometime like 1997.

[lilmissmackem]

LOL i remember watching this!

[widgit007]

It's great to see Jonah Lomu in his prime.

[kisbie]

The story behind the audience's reaction is that Chris Eubank had called him a 'big poof' earlier in the show!

[z0mgrugbyisback]

In jest?

[kisbie]

Always difficult to tell with him really.

[z0mgrugbyisback]

Ah well, they're both legends either way lol.

[Myself0101]

woudl've banked on lomu tbh, boxer or not

[MarcusBowen]

Yeah, after the "Next Lines" round when they had to guess the next lines of The Haka!.

[frontrowpig]

@kisbie Who's Chris Eubank?

[kisbie]

@frontrowpig Not much of a boxing fan, I take it? He's David and Lee's guest in this episode. (That's why Lee hands him his chair as a weapon.) Just for the record, I imagine Eubank would kill Lomu these days. Back then it was a different story.

[lyrik2k5]

@kisbie i dont know about that one.. his days of being on dialysis are over now..and jonah has been bodybuilding for the last couple years in nz...but jonahs always been a humble person.chris eubanks is a pratt

[ACiiDzFTW]

@frontrowpig a boxer