Eight great reasons why 'Jonah Lomu Rugby' is the GREATEST game of all-time

Without a doubt the best rugby game ever made, here are 11 reasons why Jonah Lomu Rugby could be called the best sports game of all time.

Supplied by ex-television broadcasters Bill Beaumont and Bill McLaren, the commentary included memorable lines such as "Oh! Mercy me! What a tackle! That could've put him in Ward 4!", followed by "I hope not Bill, that's a maternity ward!" One particularly quirky piece of commentary is the line "digging in like a demented mole there", referring to players hurling themselves into rucks. The two commentators were shown to have a great level of synergy with one another through their banter.

A scenario mode was standard for many sports games of the time, but Jonah Lomu Rugby's challenge mode was just that, a challenge. This mode featured some of the best matches in rugby history

By holding down L2+R2, you could perform the "fend" animation with most players to attempt a hand-off, but with Lomu, this was essentially the try button, and the giant Kiwi would simply truck his way though anything, even full packs of forwards.

The control scheme for JLR was inspired. Using the L1 button to pass left and R1 button to pass right may seem like a relatively simple decision, but keep in mind that this was in 1997 when the shoulder buttons were still relatively new.

We had the likes of Chinese Taipei, Germany, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. Why? We will never know, but it was good fun.

Some properly brilliant players were available for use in Jonah Lomu Rugby, as it's release in 1997 allowed for the inclusion of some the sport's most iconic personalities. Players like Michael Lynagh, Brian Lima, Mike Catt, Rory Underwood, Nick Poppelwell, Eric Elwood, Conor O'Shea, Andre Joubert, Os du Randt, and Joost van der Westhuizen were all devastating in the right hands

An unlockable team in the game, the "Team Lomu" squad of Jonah Lomu at positions one to fifteen was every JLR player's worst nightmare, unless they also picked Team Lomu, which you had to do to compete.