Bryan Habana: ‘I chased Lomu into bathroom’

Bryan Habana had just turned 12 when he chased Jonah Lomu into the bathroom of an upmarket hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg.

The youngster had fallen in love with rugby during the early weeks of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, but there was only one man he was interested in.

“I was at the All Black team hotel getting signatures,” smiles Habana as he remembers. “Myself and my brother had to run into a bathroom where Jonah was to get his.”