All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu dies at 40

Wellington

JONAH Lomu, the New Zealand rugby player whose World Cup try-scoring feats helped promote the game to a global audience, has died at the age of 40.

Lomu, who played 73 times for the All Blacks and scored 43 tries in a career stretching from 1994 to 2002, died unexpectedly in Auckland on Wednesday, New Zealand Rugby said in a statement. His career was cut short by kidney disease.