{"id":105269,"date":"2015-11-18T07:34:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T05:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/105269\/lomu-loses-battle-with-kidney-disease\/"},"modified":"2015-11-18T09:52:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T07:52:41","slug":"lomu-loses-battle-with-kidney-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2015\/11\/18\/lomu-loses-battle-with-kidney-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Lomu loses battle with kidney disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All Black winger Jonah Lomu has passed away, aged 40.<\/p>\n<p>Lomu was a veteran of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/34853536\" target=\"_blank\">73 tests<\/a> for the All Blacks and scored 43 tries during his international career.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/RIPJonah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RIPJonah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b72VujMNUG\">pic.twitter.com\/b72VujMNUG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; All Blacks (@AllBlacks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AllBlacks\/status\/666780330867728385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>The Tongan native underwent a kidney transplant in 2004 after he was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome in 1995 but was awaiting another kidney after the organ stopped functioning in 2011. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the greatest rugby players to ever play the game. A true legend R.I.P Jonah Lomu <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/AllBlacks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllBlacks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/ALegendHasPassed?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ALegendHasPassed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xp6h4c2gML\">pic.twitter.com\/Xp6h4c2gML<\/a><\/p>&mdash; East Coast Breakfast (@ECRBreakfast) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ECRBreakfast\/status\/666831259017023488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<p>He is survived by his wife Nadene and sons Brayley, 6, and Dhyreille, 5.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Considered global rugby&#8217;s first true superstar, Lomu was best known for the physicality he brought to the number 11 jersey, often flattening opponents who stood in his way.<\/p>\n<iframe src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPMZrPjW5cs' height='360' width='640' allowfullscreen='' frameborder='0' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n<p>Despite not winning a Rugby World Cup, Lomu still stands as the joint-highest try scorer at the tournament, alongside Bryan Habana.<\/p>\n<p>Lomu retired from international rugby in 2007.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='ca61678a1bd88f048400c5a8971341be'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary All Blacks winger passed away in Auckland on Wednesday, 18 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5696,"featured_media":105333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1768,8670,1122],"class_list":["post-105269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-all-blacks","tag-jonah-lomu","tag-rugby"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["all blacks","jonah lomu","rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5696"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}