Fade To Black

47 thoughts on “Fade To Black”

1. Frilly Keane November 18, 2015 at 8:35 am

   Rest In Peace Lomo
   1. Owen C November 18, 2015 at 8:46 am

      Lomo is the Spanish cured meat. Lomu is the rugby player.
      1. FreshFish November 18, 2015 at 8:50 am

         You’re jam-ing us on
2. dubdec November 18, 2015 at 8:41 am

   Rest In Peace. Legend.
3. Disasta November 18, 2015 at 8:55 am

   RIP big lad.
4. a November 18, 2015 at 9:29 am

   Nowhere online have I read the cause of his death, so I’m going to presume it was suicide. Isn’t this exactly the sort or reporting that support groups etc want to put a stop to?
   1. Bertie Blenkinsop November 18, 2015 at 9:31 am

      Did he not have kidney problems?
      1. Neilo November 18, 2015 at 9:33 am

         I believe he did.
         1. Robyn November 18, 2015 at 10:03 am

            Everything I have seen refers to the fact that he was suffering from kidney disease and was on regular dialysis.
   2. Murtles November 18, 2015 at 9:34 am

      Nah he had kidney disease. He had a transplant in 2004 but I think the kidney stopped working a couple of years ago. So sad, the man was a legend and I always loved his runs for the try line with 2 or 3 lads hanging off him trying to take him down. RIP.
      1. a November 18, 2015 at 9:38 am

         Fair enough. Thanks.
         1. Rugbyfan November 18, 2015 at 2:16 pm

            a …without doubt that was the stupidest post I have ever read here.
            1. FreshFish November 19, 2015 at 8:09 am

               Ooh you can’t talk about rugby players
               Like that

               Sap
            2. RockyRoader November 19, 2015 at 9:34 am

               +5, conversion = 7
      2. rotide November 18, 2015 at 9:45 am

         The same kidney problems forced his early retirement and robbed us all of more Lomu moments.
   3. The People's Hero November 18, 2015 at 9:51 am

      He died of cardiac arrest…. Now go away you sanctimonious tool…..
      1. phil November 18, 2015 at 12:50 pm

         Can you give the personal insults a rest for a few days ? It doesn’t add anything useful to a conversation …
   4. Dόn Pídgéόní November 18, 2015 at 10:14 am

      I presume you are an idiot
      1. phil November 18, 2015 at 12:50 pm

         Can you give the personal insult a rest for a few days ?
         1. Dόn Pídgéόní November 18, 2015 at 12:51 pm

            Sorry Mum but no
            1. Djizandipus November 18, 2015 at 12:54 pm

               I wish I had your self belief, Don.

               Actually, no, I’d rather not be a dick and accept some personal change from time to time.
            2. FreshFish November 18, 2015 at 12:56 pm

               You’re a dreadful idiot
            3. Dόn Pídgéόní November 18, 2015 at 1:00 pm

               It’s my troll friend! Hurrah!

               And something that ain’t fresh anymore..
            4. FreshFish November 19, 2015 at 8:07 am

               But actually Don you are an absolute idiot

               It would not take some masterful feat of trolling to elicit this fact
   5. Smashmouth November 18, 2015 at 10:58 am

      “Nowhere online have I read the cause of his death, so I’m going to presume it was suicide”

      IDIOT
      1. FreshFish November 18, 2015 at 12:57 pm

         It takes one to know one
         1. Drebzhinsky November 18, 2015 at 10:44 pm

            It really doesn’t.
   6. Rompsky November 18, 2015 at 11:58 am

      You have a pretty bright future in track and field ahead as that was the biggest long jump to a conclusion I’ve ever seen. Think before you type
5. Neilo November 18, 2015 at 9:30 am

   Remember that one time he swatted away Will Greenwood and squashed Mike Catt? Hell of a player and a good guy by every account. RIP Big Lad, as Disasta said.
   1. rotide November 18, 2015 at 9:43 am

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0NLC3uk5xs
      1. Neilo November 18, 2015 at 10:17 am

         Thanks so much for the clit, Ro’ – nearly misted up there!
         1. Mikeyfex November 18, 2015 at 10:18 am

            splutter
            1. bertie blenkinsop November 18, 2015 at 10:24 am

               I’d probably mist up myself if I saw one at this stage, been a while.
            2. Neilo November 18, 2015 at 10:27 am

               Morto! I of course meant to say clip, although I do enjoy a Magic Bean as much as the next man/woman.
            3. rotide November 18, 2015 at 10:59 am

               Who doesn’t Neilo, Who doesn’t?
6. rotide November 18, 2015 at 9:44 am

   I can’t believe he was only 40. What a player, sad to see him gone. RIP.

   Made his debut against Ireland too.
   1. B Bop November 18, 2015 at 10:02 am

      Very sad news to be taken so young. A perfect All Black, magnificent ambassador for the game-had the privilege of meeting him twice- and of course he was lovely.
7. Mikeyfex November 18, 2015 at 9:49 am

   His was probably the retirement that disappointed me most of any sports person. Very sad to hear this.
   1. Zarathustra November 18, 2015 at 10:13 pm

      + 1
   2. Bertie Blenkinsop November 19, 2015 at 8:23 am

      Rob Jones at Liverpool was mine.

      Had so much hope for that lad.
8. Hashtag McMór November 18, 2015 at 10:01 pm

   Didn’t this guy become a poster boy for fast food? And lots of it? Are we going to see some honest media analysis here or more Tom McGurk/George Hook hagiography?
   1. FreshFish November 18, 2015 at 10:03 pm

      Why’s your angle on this so despicable?
      1. Hashtag McMór November 19, 2015 at 8:36 am

         Jonah Lomu brand endured long after his playing days ended

         But he also had deals with McDonalds – which brought out a McFeast burger known as the Jonah Burger

         http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/74169858/jonah-lomu-brand-endured-long-after-his-playing-days-ended

         Wonder what the calorie count for that one was.
         1. Hashtag McMór November 19, 2015 at 8:37 am

            OH, best part of 500. 50%+ from fat.

            http://www.fatsecret.com.au/calories-nutrition/mcdonalds/mcfeast-burger/1-serving
         2. FreshFish November 19, 2015 at 9:17 am

            What’s your point? Is that he deserves to die because he was a shill for Big Burgers?
            1. Bertie Blenkinsop November 19, 2015 at 9:46 am

               Justin Timberlake advertises burgers and he doesn’t deser…. okay bad example.
            2. FreshFish November 19, 2015 at 11:11 am

               Bertie – I’m lovin it

               Johnny Logan perhaps though

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