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WATCH: CJ Stander channelled his inner Jonah Lomu and everybody bloody loved it

Published 20:42 10 Mar 2017 GMT

Mikey Stafford
WATCH: CJ Stander channelled his inner Jonah Lomu and everybody bloody loved it

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Some men see an obstacle and turn back.

Some men see an obstacle and go around it. Some men, like CJ Stander, see an obstacle and go through it. It wasn't the greatest first half for Ireland in the Millennium Principality Stadium, with Johnny Sexton giving us a fright and George North George Northing over for a try. But before all that unpleasantness we had flanker Stander giving us another display of his sheer, brute strength. His leg drives could reverse the rotation of the earth. True story. It's science. https://twitter.com/me_stafford/status/840298544489758721 He made roadkill of a couple of Welsh defenders and the viewers loved it, seeing a little of a certain legendary All Black wrecking ball in the run. https://twitter.com/DavyCoos11/status/840297006509703168 https://twitter.com/CallumDKennedy/status/840296974863781892 https://twitter.com/EmmetDocDoherty/status/840296693002317826 https://twitter.com/2pfox8/status/840297049530720258 Hell, even Munster's biggest rivals had to recognise it. https://twitter.com/leinsterrugby/status/840296679622492160 You can see their point... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgJo8Kek__s