Rugby Great Jonah Lomu’s Teammates Perform a Powerful Haka Dance
NZ rugby legend Jonah Lomu’s well wishers gathered on Monday to say goodbye to the player who died in November.
The teammates, friends, family and fans of the New Zealand rugby legend Jonah Lomu gathered on Monday to say goodbye to the player, who died aged 40 due to a heart attack in November.
Thousands of fans wore the legend’s famous number 11 All Blacks shirt and came to pay their respects at Auckland’s Eden Park.
Ex-All Blacks players got together and performed a Haka dance, which is a war dance performed by the All Blacks before their matches.
The emotional Haka dance was performed as a tribute in front of Jonah Lomu’s coffin.
The Rugby great had to battle a lot of health issues. He had a kidney transplant in 2004 and had been on dialysis treatment for the last 10 years.
Jonah Lomu died in Auckland on November 18.
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