­Last night on Nightline there was a story about the upcoming film Invictus - a fluff piece about the film and how cool it is going to be, not about the questions being asked about South Africa's progess since the RWC - I had no issue with the story, but I'm pissed off with the lead in which was read by Kate Lynch, anchored with the line

There's no word yet on who's playing Jonah Lomu, but see if you can spot him.

This is the exact reaction from New Zealand I had worried about with this movie. There was something of a legitimate claim when there was the furore about the haka being used, but other than that this is not a movie about the All Blacks, or rugby, or the Rugby World Cup. It's a story about South African politics, using sport as a culturally uniting feature [Marx would have a field day!].

More than this, that line shows that absolutely no research was done. In under 60 seconds I had found out that there is actually someone playing in the role. This has also been reported on Radio New Zealand International, the NZ Herald and the Samoa Observer, just to give a few examples.

In less than half an hour, I managed to find out the following;

In Invictus, Jonah Lomu is going to be played by Zak Feau'nati [here's a picture of him]. Feau'nati's real first name is Isaac, and he is currently 36-years-old. He was born in Wellington and attended Saint Patrick's College [town].

He played for the Wellington Lions 22 times between 1994 and 1997 before playing with the Crusaders. He had two caps with that team in 1997, against the Blues in round 6 [the Crusaders lost, 29-28] and the Highlanders in round seven [Again, the Crusaders lost, 37-29]. Both of those matches were away games.

After that he left New Zealand. He went to England to play rugby. He went to the London Irish for two years, then Rotherham for one, then the Tykes, then Bath. He retired from rugby last year and currently works at Bishop Vesey Grammar School as the Head of Rugby and is involved with the school's first XV. It appears he is not very liked by pupils. He is also conducting a rugby academy next year.

He had a 14-match international career spanning from 1996-2006. He played against Tonga four times [once as a flanker in 1997 in a game which ended with the scores at 6 all], Fiji three times and a match each against Ireland, the All Blacks, Argentina, Japan, Canada, Italy and the USA. He started four of his tests as a reserve and started as a Number 8 in eight games. The match against Argentina was in the 1999 Rugby World Cup, and he scored two international tries - both in June 2000, against Fiji and Japan.

He also has a brother cousin, Dominic, a centre who has five international caps, scoring a try against both Georgia and Uruguay in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. The 2003 RWC accounted for four of his five caps - the other was against Namibia, where he scored three tries. The Namibia game was the only game he started.

He played for Marist St Pats [­photos here], and played 10 matches for the Hurricanes between 2002 and 2004, scoring two tries. He also played for Pontypridd RFC before the Hurricanes. Following 2004 he switched to League, playing for the Leigh Centurions and St Helens. In 2007 [for unknown reasons] he returned to rugby union and has since played for London Irish and Worcester Warriors in England, Rugby Calvisano in the Italian Serie A, and is now in the Top 14 with SC Albi.

How fucking hard was it to come up with a shitload of information on a guy playing a role which supposedly hasn't been announced yet?