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Radio 5 Live,2 mins

Jonah Lomu tribute: ‘He changed face of rugby’

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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 “great friend� who “changed the face of rugby�. 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 “destroying superstar� and the rugby world “won’t see another like [him]�. This clip is originally from 5 live breakfast on Wednesday 18 November 2015.

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