Rugby World Cup Blog | Jonah Lomu | 2007

  Last night I spent two and a half hours stuck in a traffic jam in the centre of Paris. We left our hotel the Crillon at 6pm to pick up some friends in the Opera district and tried to go to the opening of the new Eden Park store...More

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Yesterday I went to Rugby Town and dedicated a sculpture designed by Gerald du Crest for the French foundation for Transplants Foundation Greffe de Vie. This sculpture along with three others will be auctioned in 2008 with all the proceeds going to the Foundation. As a recipient of a kidney...More

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This week was a busy one for me, following the All Blacks loss I was inundated with media requests with everybody wanting to know why the All Blacks lost.  For me it was simple the French beat us, they out passioned us and out muscled us.  The All Blacks lost...More

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It was Paris Nuit Blanche on Saturday night so when we arrived back from Cardiff at 3am we took a walk along the Champs Elysee. There were people everywhere and the atmosphere was fantastic. All the French we met said they were so sorry for the All Blacks and were...More

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It's been the first week without rugby for the last month but it hasn't meant it's been quiet. I've been doing a lot of media, working with Eurosport and Yahoo and I did a store signing for adidas at Galeries Lafayette in Paris this week where they had a big...More

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With three weeks of rugby gone we've seen some great games, some awful games, some surprises and a lot of what we knew would happen. As I have always said a World Cup is a unique event, going into it you can have the team rankings, the favourites, the minnows...More

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Today was a quiet day for me which is something I haven't had since arriving in France a month ago. I have had a great month but it's been pretty hectic working with Eurosport and Yahoo!, ambassadorial work with adidas and EDF, speaking engagements, columns, rugby visits, interviews, dinners and...More

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 I was fortunate to be invited to Bordeaux by some friends of mine this week and spent a day and a half touring some of the finest vineyards in France, in fact in the world. We stayed at Chateau Cheval Blanc for two nights, where we were incredibly well looked-after...More

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Yesterday we travelled by TGV to Bordeaux to spend two nights at Chateau Cheval Blanc. We will tour some vineyards today and will attend a Rugby Legends Tournament in Begles. I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunities to sample the regions' specialties!We took a walk around St Emillion and like...More

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