Former All Black winger Jonah Lomu has made his long-awaited comeback to rugby by playing his first match with third-division French club Marseille.The 34-year old Lomu touched the ball for the first time after 20 minutes of Sunday's 63-18 win over Montmelian in front of 2,500 fans.
Lomu was never a factor in the match, but said he was happy with his return _ even if he "struggled a bit to understand my teammates, who speak very fast in French."
Lomu played 63 tests for the All Blacks. His international career was cut short by a rare kidney ailment, for which he eventually needed a transplant in 2004. The powerfully built player was one of the stars at the World Cup in 1995 and 1999.
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