The greatest rugby player ever... he would have dominated in any generation

The legendary former New Zealand winger passed away aged 40 on Wednesday following a lengthy battle with a kidney disorder.

 

Tindall says he was ‘absolutely devastated’ to learn of Lomu’s death and paid tribute to his career and character on the Colin Murray show.

“For me, he was the first global star in our sport and a nice guy with it,” said the ex-England centre.

“He was an unbelievable athlete. You could put him in any generation of the game and he would succeed and dominate, even now.

“He was such a big guy, fast, powerful, elusive and the best thing about him was he was a nice guy off it. Everyone loved him and he is going to be sorely missed.

"He never changed. He went through so many hard things with his illness and still came out at the end of it as that gracious person off the field. It is a credit to him.”