Kieran Read, NZ captain, on honouring Jonah Lomu:

"To me he was a massive inspiration, he's the reason why I played footie," said Read.

"I grew up in the area where he was from and played his footie, and I went to watch him every weekend.

"It would have been down at Pukekohe Stadium, watching him for Counties, and he was just a legend for what he did on the pitch. But also his smile, and how he conducted himself off the pitch, that shone through too. He was a top man.

"It's something I guess we can perhaps use on an individual level.

"But the way we can do that is by preparing and playing to the highest standard. Every time he ran out he did that and that's what we'll try to do tomorrow.

"That defeat in Chicago makes guys uncomfortable, suffering the loss and how to deal with it.

"So you might look back on this as defining, the loss and how you respond to it.

"We've never had it easy coming to Ireland and the Aviva, and we certainly won't have it easy this weekend either."

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