I was this guy who'd been racing around down there, on that field in 1999, running straight over people, scoring tries, winning games, having fun. And I ended up so sick I couldn't even run past a little baby.

The wins ensured the All Blacks became the first ever Tri Nations champions. In May 2003 the NZRFU announced that Lomu had been put on dialysis three times a week due to deterioration in his kidney function. 2000–2003
After playing the 100+ victory over Tonga Lomu and Tana Umaga scored five tries between them in the subsequent match against Scotland.

Jonah Tali Lomu MNZM (born 12 May 1975) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He made a comeback after undergoing a kidney transplant in 2004. These included the Auckland Blues Chiefs and Hurricanes and Counties Manukau Wellington and later North Harbour and Cardiff Blues.