/ 16 October 1999

LEEDS TEMPT LOMU

AMBITIOUS English rugby club Leeds are trying to sign up New Zealand World Cup hero Jonah Lomu. If the deal goes through it could mean the giant All Blacks winger playing rugby league and rugby union at the Yorkshire club when the tournament ends. Gary Hetherington, chief executive of Leeds Rhinos (league) and Leeds Tykes (union) told The Express: “We are the only rugby club in the world which could offer him this deal.” The 24-year-old star of the 1995 World Cup is likely to wait and see what offers are on the table after the World Cup ends. Lomu helped the All Blacks beat England with a stunning solo try at Twickenham last Saturday and scored another two in the 101-3 romp against Italy yesterday.