The All Blacks, finishing atop of their pool proceeded to the quarter-finals, where they defeated Scotland, where Lomu scored one of New Zealand's four tries.
Lomu scored twice in the semi-final match against France, though it was not enough to see them through to the final, as France went onto win 43— Through his career, Lomu has scored eight tries against England — more than any other All Black.
Lomu also holds an unbeaten record of 15 tries in World Cup tournaments. Following the World Cup, there was speculation that Lomu would be moving to play American Football in the National Football League, or continue to play rugby but in the English premiership.
None of the speculation materialised and Lomu stayed in New Zealand. One of his tries was a characteristic bulldozing effort down the wing, leaving Scottish defenders in his wake. In the opening match of the Tri Nations Series, the All Blacks raced out to a 21 to nil lead, which had the potential to be 28, had George Gregan not stopped Lomu from scoring one of his own.
Australia amazingly fought back, and with minutes remaining, both sides had scored five tries each. The world record rugby crowd of , was treated to the highest scoring match ever between the two sides. With just minutes remaining, the Wallabies led 35 to 34; until Lomu "brushed past a desperate Stephen Larkham to tip-toe down the line and score the winning try" [16].
The match was followed by a victory over South Africa, and then a re-match of the thrilling Bledisloe Cup game, which Australia won by just a single point, 24 to A barn-storming Lomu was stopped short of the line early in the second half in the final match against South Africa. The Springboks eventually won, 46 to He played in one other test that year; against France at Stade de France in November, which the All Blacks won 39 to Lomu also led the New Zealand Sevens team to victory at the Sevens World Cup, filling in for Rush, who suffered a broken leg during the competition.
Despite causing havoc for the Springboks, no tries were scored in the opening match of the Tri Nations, which was won on penalty goals by the All Blacks. Lomu played his 50th test for the All Blacks at the Carisbrook 'House of Pain', scoring a try in the second minute of play. The Wallabies spoiled the party however, winning 23 to At the end of the year, the All Blacks played Ireland at Lansdowne Road in Dublin, with Lomu being a central figure in the 40 to 29 win; setting up Aaron Mauger for his debut try, and taking an inside pass to blast through for one of his own.
The All Blacks end of season tour continued at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, where they defeated Scotland 37 to six, with Lomu contributing one try. Lomu put the All Blacks in front after Argentina took an early lead, with Lomu brushing off four defenders to score. The match was in the end won by New Zealand, 24 to In his first test of , he came off the bench in the second half to score a try in a match against Italy. He was again injected into play from the bench in the first of a two test series against Ireland in New Zealand; setting up the All Blacks second try coming on in the last fifteen minutes of play.
Lomu was back at his usual starting position for the second test against the Irish, which New Zealand won 40 points to eight. Lomu did not score in the subsequent match against Fiji; though he did however make a trademark run down the wing, setting up Christian Cullen's third try in the match.
Lomu came off the bench in the All Blacks first game of the Tri Nations Series against South Africa, though he did not play in the rest of the tournament. He was however back in his starting position on the wing for a game against England in November; which Lomu ended up scoring a double, though it was not enough to see a New Zealand victory, with England winning 31 to The subsequent match against France resulted in a draw, the first between the two nations in 96 years.
The last match of the end of season tour was against Wales, which the All Blacks won 43 to At the end of Lomu was diagnosed as having nephrotic syndrome , a rare and serious kidney disorder.
His rugby union career went on hold whilst the disorder was treated. Side effects of Lomu's dialysis treatment led to severe nerve damage in his feet and legs; his doctors warned him that he faced life in a wheelchair if a kidney transplant was not performed soon.
Late in March , Lomu was quoted by a Hong Kong newspaper to the effect that a suitable live kidney donor had been found, and that he would have transplant surgery sometime during However, the former All Blacks team physician who was overseeing Lomu's treatment quickly denied the report.
Nonetheless, at the end of July it was reported that Lomu had indeed undergone a kidney transplant on Tuesday, July 28, in Auckland, New Zealand. The kidney was in fact donated by Wellington radio presenter Grant Kereama. Lomu soon announced his intention to train for his rugby union renaissance in June The ad recalled his dialysis treatment, and advised viewers to tell their power companies if they relied on electricity for life support.
He scored a try in the first half of the Johnson testimonial, but injured his shoulder in the process and did not return for the second half, dampening an otherwise encouraging first appearance. Before returning to professional rugby, he needed special clearance from the World Anti-Doping Agency, as one of the anti-rejection drugs he must take is on the WADA list of banned substances.
On the 9 August he joined North Harbour but the shoulder injury he picked up in the Martin Johnson testimonial game ruled him out for the season, so he worked with the team in a coaching capacity.
He started the match and played 60 minutes, although he did not score, he made a key line break that led to Cardiff's first try in their win. One week later he made his home debut for Cardiff at Cardiff Arms Park and played for the whole match. Again, he did not get onto the scoresheet but his presence was enough to create space for other players to score in a win over Calvisano.
In front of a record home crowd, Lomu scored his first try for Cardiff on December 27, , with a man-of-the-match performance during a Celtic League win against the Newport Gwent Dragons. In early whilst he had been sidelined while he concentrated on gaining speed and strength, stating that "I have now lost between 10 and 11 kilos".
He was denied a try, but managed to get the ball away for Mark Lewis to score the Blues sixth try in their win. Lomu, New Zealand born to Tongan parents, came to fame from a humble beginning. He grew up in Mangere, south Auckland, one of the poorer suburbs of Auckland.
Lomu played rugby league until his was 14 and at Wesley College he switched to rugby. He was considered a loose forward because of his height 1. He began his career in the New Zealand sevens team and became the youngest All Black aged 19 and 45 days when he made his Test debut against France in The world had their introduction to the towering strength and unrelenting power in South Africa the following year.
The image of the man in black trampling over Mike Catt on his way to scoring one of his four tries against England in the World Cup remains a visual statement of Lomu's extraordinary talent. After the game, England captain Will Carling said: "He is a freak, and the sooner he goes away the better". He scored seven tries during the tournament and added a further eight in the World Cup, becoming the top tryscorer. In all Lomu scored 37 tries in his 63 Tests.
There is little doubt that he could have scored more if he hadn't been struck down by a debilitating kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome. His health problems first came to light in and energy-sapping condition as well as injury meant that he missed the Tests against the Springboks on historic tour of South Africa.
His kidney condition was confirmed the following year and while he sat out most of the domestic season he returned for the All Blacks end-of-year tour to Wales, England and Ireland. In he helped the New Zealand sevens team win the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur but it was clear to many that Lomu was a shade of his former self.
He returned to put in strong performances for the All Blacks at the World Cup and was arguably as formidable as he was in Jonah was also impressive at the short form of the game and burst onto the international sevens scene in Hong Kong in He led New Zealand to the final of the Rugby World Cup, scoring four tries in the semi-final against England and was part of the bid to get rugby into the Olympics. Jonah was a member of the Champions for Peace club, a group of 54 famous elite athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport.
The proud father inspired people from all over the globe with his charity work, generosity and dynamic ability on the rugby field. In Jonah was diagnosed with the kidney disease Nephrotic Syndrome.
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