"I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt"
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The real engine is in “look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt.” He doesn’t say “playing,” or “winning,” or even “training.” He says “putting on the shirt,” the oldest, safest currency in team sports: belonging. It’s a vow of identification, a subtle attempt to shrink the distance between icon and institution. For a player who had already been mythologized in New Zealand colors, emphasizing the jersey reframes him as a worker in a new system, not a visiting celebrity.
The context matters: Lomu’s career was repeatedly interrupted by serious illness, and late-career moves carried an undertone of reinvention and precariousness. So the line also functions as controlled optimism. It invites fans to imagine a second act without promising miracles, the kind of careful hope that lets everyone buy in without tempting fate.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lomu, Jonah. (2026, January 17). I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-very-excited-to-be-here-in-wales-and-look-47139/
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Lomu, Jonah. "I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-very-excited-to-be-here-in-wales-and-look-47139/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-am-very-excited-to-be-here-in-wales-and-look-47139/. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.





