List of international rugby union tries by Jonah Lomu

Jonah Lomu playing for the Cardiff Blues in 2006

Jonah Lomu was an international rugby union winger who played for New Zealand between 1994 and 2002.^[1] He scored a total of 37 tries in 63 international appearances, which make him the sixth highest try scorer for New Zealand and the eighteenth highest on the all-time list.^[2][3] Lomu held alone the record for the most tries scored in the Rugby World Cup (15 in 11 matches at the 1995 and 1999 tournaments), until South Africa's Bryan Habana equalled his tally at the 2015 tournament.^[4]

Lomu made his debut for New Zealand in June 1994 against France.^[1] He scored his first international try in his third appearance, scoring twice against Ireland in New Zealand's opening game of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.^[1] This was followed with a try against Scotland in the quarter-finals and four tries against England in the semi-finals—the most Lomu would score in a single match. He was, however, unable to score a try in the final, as South Africa beat New Zealand to win the trophy.^[5] Lomu played 13 times against South Africa during his career, but failed to score a try against them.^[1] The only other "Tier 1" national team against which Lomu did not score a try was Wales.^[1] Lomu finished 1995 with 12 international tries, his highest tally in a single year.^[6]

After two tries in 1996, including one in the inaugural Tri Nations Series, Lomu was unable to score in three appearances during 1997. At the 1999 Rugby World Cup, he scored in each of New Zealand's group stage matches against Tonga, England and Italy. He followed this with a try against Scotland in the quarter-finals and two tries in the semi-finals, as New Zealand lost to France. Lomu's tally of eight tries in this tournament is a World Cup record, although it has since been equalled by Habana in the 2007 tournament and Lomu's countryman Julian Savea in the 2015 tournament.^[7]

Lomu scored four tries in 2000, including a hat-trick against Scotland at Carisbrook and a try against Australia in the Tri Nations. This was followed by five tries in 2001, once again with a try against Australia in the Tri Nations. Lomu's final international tries came in November 2002, when he scored twice against England at Twickenham. Two weeks later, he made his last international appearance against Wales at the Millennium Stadium.^[8] Lomu retired from professional rugby in 2007 due to a chronic kidney disorder.^[9]

International tries

In the Score column, New Zealand's score is given first.

International tries scored by Jonah Lomu

Try	Date	Opposing team	Score	Competition	Venue	Location	Ref.
1	000000001995-05-27-000027 May 1995	Ireland	7001430000000000000♠43–19	Rugby World Cup	Ellis Park	Johannesburg	[10]
2
3	000000001995-06-11-000011 June 1995	Scotland	7001480000000000000♠48–30	Rugby World Cup	Loftus Versfeld	Pretoria	[11]
4	000000001995-06-18-000018 June 1995	England	7001450000000000000♠45–29	Rugby World Cup	Newlands	Cape Town	[12]
5
6
7
8	000000001995-07-22-000022 July 1995	Australia	7001280000000000000♠28–16	Bledisloe Cup	Eden Park	Auckland	[13]
9	000000001995-07-29-000029 July 1995	Australia	7001340000000000000♠34–23	Bledisloe Cup	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney	[14]
10	000000001995-10-28-000028 October 1995	Italy	7001700000000000000♠70–6	Test match	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	Bologna	[12]
11
12	000000001995-11-18-000018 November 1995	France	7001370000000000000♠37–12	Test match	Parc des Princes	Paris	[15]
13	000000001996-06-15-000015 June 1996	Scotland	7001620000000000000♠62–31	Test match	Carisbrook	Dunedin	[16]
14	000000001996-07-06-00006 July 1996	Australia	7001430000000000000♠43–6	Tri Nations	Athletic Park	Wellington	[17]
15	000000001998-06-20-000020 June 1998	England	7001640000000000000♠64–22	Test match	Carisbrook	Dunedin	[18]
16	000000001998-08-01-00001 August 1998	Australia	7001230000000000000♠23–27	Tri Nations	Lancaster Park	Christchurch	[19]
17	000000001999-06-18-000018 June 1999	Samoa	7001710000000000000♠71–13	Test match	North Harbour Stadium	North Shore City	[20]
18	000000001999-10-03-00003 October 1999	Tonga	7001450000000000000♠45–9	Rugby World Cup	Ashton Gate	Bristol	[21]
19
20	000000001999-10-09-00009 October 1999	England	7001300000000000000♠30–16	Rugby World Cup	Twickenham	London	[22]
21	000000001999-10-14-000014 October 1999	Italy	7002101000000000000♠101–3	Rugby World Cup	Galpharm Stadium	Huddersfield	[23]
22
23	000000001999-10-24-000024 October 1999	Scotland	7001300000000000000♠30–18	Rugby World Cup	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	[24]
24	000000001999-10-31-000031 October 1999	France	7001430000000000000♠43–31	Rugby World Cup	Twickenham	London	[25]
25
26	000000002000-06-24-000024 June 2000	Scotland	7001690000000000000♠69–20	Test match	Carisbrook	Dunedin	[12]
27
28
29	000000002000-07-15-000015 July 2000	Australia	7001390000000000000♠39–35	Tri Nations	Stadium Australia	Sydney	[12]
30	000000002001-06-30-000030 June 2001	France	7001370000000000000♠37–12	Dave Gallaher Trophy	WestpacTrust Stadium	Wellington	[26]
31	000000002001-08-11-000011 August 2001	Australia	7001150000000000000♠15–23	Tri Nations	Carisbrook	Dunedin	[27]
32	000000002001-11-17-000017 November 2001	Ireland	7001400000000000000♠40–29	Test match	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	[28]
33	000000002001-11-24-000024 November 2001	Scotland	7001370000000000000♠37–6	Test match	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	[29]
34	000000002001-12-01-00001 December 2001	Argentina	7001240000000000000♠24–20	Test match	El Monumental	Buenos Aires	[30]
35	000000002002-06-08-00008 June 2002	Italy	7001640000000000000♠64–10	Test match	Waikato Stadium	Hamilton	[31]
36	000000002002-11-09-00009 November 2002	England	7001280000000000000♠28–31	Test match	Twickenham	London	[12]
37	000000002002-11-09-00009 November 2002	England	7001280000000000000♠28–31	Test match	Twickenham	London	[12]

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