Lomu targets 2007 World Cup date for final All Black bow

JONAH LOMU is hoping a revolutionary kidney transplant operation will enable him to play in the 2007 World Cup in France.

The 29-year-old New Zealand winger, who has 63 caps, has not played an international match since November 2002 because of a serious kidney disease, but has set himself a target of representing the All Blacks in three years’ time.

“I want to play at the highest level for another two seasons,” Lomu said yesterday.

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