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New Zealand rugby union great Jonah Lomu has died unexpectedly overnight at the age of 40.

Former All Blacks Zinzan Brooke was a teammate of Jonah Lomu at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Brooke said Jonah was a 鈥済reat friend鈥� who 鈥渃hanged the face of rugby鈥�.

Lomu, the former All Blacks player, scored 37 tries in 63 matches for New Zealand between 1994 and 2002. The winger had been diagnosed with a rare and serious kidney condition by 1996. It forced him to quit the game and he had a kidney transplant in 2004, but the organ stopped functioning in 2011.

Brooke said Lomu was the 鈥渄estroying superstar鈥� and the rugby world 鈥渨on鈥檛 see another like [him]鈥�.

This clip is originally from 5 live breakfast on Wednesday 18 November 2015.