RugbyU: Traditional Pacific farewell for Lomu draws thousands

Former All Blacks Tana Umaga and Michael Jones led mourners at the service which Queen Elizabeth II's representative in New Zealand, Governor General Jerry Mateparae, said was a celebration because "Jonah's life is worth celebrating". Lomu's career was cut short by a chronic kidney disease and he died unexpectedly at his Auckland home last week aged just 40, leaving a wife and two young sons. Ahead of Monday's public memorial at the spiritual home of New Zealand rugby -- Auckland's Eden Park -- the Pacific island communities gathered Saturday for a "family day" to pay a traditional tribute to Lomu who was of Tongan descent.

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