Australian rugby union officials are to ask the game's governing body if All Black Jonah Lomu has been given special dispensation to take banned medication to deal with a kidney complaint.
The awesome All Black winger burst onto the world stage in 1994 but was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome, a rare kidney disorder, two years later which forced him out of the game for 12 months. He then began treatment for the cancer-threatening ailment and it is alleged, according to an Australian newspaper that might have included taking substances on rugby union's prohibited list.
“Our understanding is that might be the case, we're trying to find out,” said Australian Rugby Union general manager John O'Neill. “But we've asked the Kiwis and you don't get much in the way of response.” (AFP)
