Jonah Lomu Crashes GiveALittle

Jonah Lomu's grieving widow has set up a Givealittle page to raise money to help fulfil his dreams - and the sheer volume of visitors has already crashed the site.

Nadene Lomu posted a link to the page on Facebook this morning, asking supporters to "please help me and our sons bring Daddy Jonah Lomu's dreams and visions to life".

Givealittle said the reason their website had crashed was linked to the fundraising page for Lomu.

Lomu, 40, suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after returning from a post-World Cup break with his family in Dubai and died at his Epsom home early yesterday.

"It is with the saddest times, while my heart aches I share with you all a vision which Jonah and I had set out to do together," she wrote.

"I promise my dear husband, all that we said we were going to do together, I will do everything and more...you blessed the world with your presence and now the world will celebrate the great man you were and will always be."

On the Givealittle page Mrs Lomu describes herself as Jonah's best friend. "Jonah and I had big plans to make a difference in the world with all that he learnt," she said.

She said he would always be a "great husband, father inspiration and icon to the world" and he and she wanted to build a lasting legacy with the support of his fans.

"Jonah has left this Earth too soon leaving us all empty-hearted. Through Jonah's strength which remains in our two sons and myself, with his spirit that will forever be by my side, my promise is to bring the visions we both had planned to do together."

Mrs Lomu did not give any specifics on how she would fulfil her late husband's dream but vowed to make a difference.

"I will now do this alone and we will make a real difference. With the support of his great global family and all his boys, here I will finish building the legacy that my wonderful husband created when he burst onto the international stage leaving history and our hearts, changing the face of rugby."

-NZ Herald