The passing of the big man, Jonah Lomu, back in November of last year was a sad day for all rugby fans.

Anyone who is old enough to remember the 1995 World Cup on our shores will recall the excitement every time he touched the ball, and during his career he provided fans with a highlights reel unparalleled in modern rugby.

You can see some of those HERE, but let’s move on to talking about nine-year-old try machine Meaalofa Te’o.

He’s the young chap CNN are talking up in a big way, and there’s a chance you may have seen this video doing the rounds on Facebook the past week or so.

Sure that’s rugby league, not rugby union, but let’s hear from CNN:

Physically, he’s certainly not your average 9-year-old, and he dwarfs both his teammates and the opposition.

The video shows him playing at the gala for the Doveton Steelers under-9 team, which went on to win 20-10 in the final of the tournament…

The sight of Te’o surging through would-be defenders is not dissimilar to watching a Jonah Lomu highlights reel. The great New Zealand winger…made his name by powering through opponents on the way to the try-line.

Te’o has quickly become an internet sensation. The USA Rugby Sevens page racked up 30 million views after sharing footage showing Te’o in action.

“Tries like that are normal for him, he is a very good player but soft at heart,” the player’s father Karene Te’o said in an interview with Nine’s Wide World of Sports.

“He is a very humble young boy.”

Humble and young he may be, but once he steps foot on the field it appears he enjoys running riot.

If you want to see an interview with the young lad and his father check the video below:

[source:cnn]