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Article: Contract offer to Lomu was fair, New Zealand Rugby Union says

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STEVE McMORRAN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
10-17-2003
Dateline: WELLINGTON, New Zealand
The New Zealand Rugby Union had made a "fair" contract offer to Jonah Lomu and had not dumped the ailing All Blacks winger as his manager claimed, chief executive Steve Tew said Saturday.

Lomu's manager, Phil Kingsley-Jones, accused the union of dumping its former backline star, who is battling a chronic kidney ailment, by making a contract offer which was "unacceptable and insulting."

Tew rejected Kingsley-Jones' claim Saturday, saying the union was "comfortable" with the offer it had made.

Lomu's failure to win a contract renewal means he will be unable to play in next year's Super 12 and may ...

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