Jonah Lomu's great pub prank

NZ Herald

26 Aug, 2015 11:26 PMQuick Read

All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu has pulled off the perfect prank at a pub in Dublin. As part of a Heineken promotion, pub patrons answered questions on a prize machine such as 'who is the greatest player of all time, Jonah Lomu or Jon Smith?'. If they answered Lomu, each person received a personally signed rugby ball from the star of the 1995 and 1999 World Cups, with messages like 'love the beard', much to their shock. Source: HeinekenIRE/YouTube

All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu has pulled off the perfect prank at a pub in Dublin.

As part of a Heineken promotion, pub patrons answered questions on a prize machine such as "Who is the greatest player of all time, Jonah Lomu or Jon Smith?"

Lomu makes himself know to pub patrons. Photo / YouTube

If they answered Lomu, each person received a personally signed rugby ball from the star of the 1995 and 1999 World Cups, with messages like "love the beard", much to their shock.

Lomu was actually hiding inside the machine, unbeknownst to the fans.

It isn't until when Irish great Shane Horgan arrived to replace Lomu from his duties, did the people in the pub realise that the All Blacks was in the machine the entire time.