New Zealand's rugby legend Jonah Lomu looks on during a coaching tour in Hong Kong March 23, 2011, two days before the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
(Reuters) - Less than three weeks after the All Blacks emerged triumphant at rugby's most successful World Cup, the sport was plunged into mourning following the untimely death of one its favourite sons, Jonah Lomu, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 40.
Although Lomu never managed to get his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup, no-one contributed more to the tournament's ongoing ascendancy than the giant New Zealand winger, who became the sport's first truly global superstar.
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