The Breakdown | Jonah Lomu: a one-off who broke barriers as well as tackles in rugby

It is exactly 25 years since Lomu flattened Mike Catt to score at the World Cup where the All Black transformed into a superstarWhen Jonah Lomu arrived in South Africa 25 years ago for the World Cup, he was such a peripheral figure in the New Zealand squad that interview requests with him were rare and invariably granted. The then rugby correspondent of the Irish Times, Edmund van Esbeck, had an audience with the 19-year old wing who had the build of a second row before the opening weekend group match between Ireland and the All Blacks in Johannesburg, curious whether Lomu who earlier that ye…