Death of Jonah Lomu - Legend on and off rugby pitch

TRIBUTES have been pouring in to mark the untimely passing at the age of 40 of New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu, the sport’s first global superstar. 

For sheer pace and power, there has never been another player like the man who stood six foot five inches tall, weighed 20 stone and had the speed of an Olympic sprinter.

Almost single-handedly, he destroyed other teams, as when he scored four tries in the space of 20 minutes against England, crossing the try line with three or four men hanging off him, leaving England floundering, something which endeared him to Irish fans.