All Blacks

The French scored three tries in the first five minutes and a upset looked on the cards until the All Black Sevens fought back.

RNZI reports captain Tim Mikkelson scored just before half time and he and Kurt Baker touched down in the second half for the New Zealanders to sneak hom.

The game's governing body said it had concluded its investigation into the alleged breach of Law 3 by the NZ sevens team during last weekend's Pool A game.

While Law 3.2 provides for a penalty kick to be awarded when a team fields more than the maximum number of players, the referee was not aware of the additional Kiwi player on the field before the end of the match, according to the statement.

The 30-year-old has been playing in japan for the Canon Eagles and Kubota Spears since helping New Zealand win the 2011 World Cup at home.

The backline utility ended his roller-coaster international career after that tournament, having played 35 tests since breaking into the All Blacks as a 19-year-old in 2005.

The 28-year-old loose forward has signed a three-year contract with French Top 14 club La Rochelle.

He will join them after his Super Rugby commitments.

The New Zealanders have been decimated by injuries in the first two rounds and stand seventh on the table.

Sir Gordon Tietjen's men will defend their Wellington title with a mixture of players that include a number of fifteens' stars, such as Sonny Bill Williams and Ardie Savea, hoping to crack the squad for the Rio Olympics.

Little Ayla Collins will spend her first Christmas with her maternal grandparents and her aunts, uncles and cousins in Canada.

Darrell and Ruth Madill have looked after the eight-month-old baby since the former All Black and his partner daughter were killed in a car crash in France on June 5. 

Former All Blacks doctor John Mayhew told the BBC that Lomu would have felt little pain when he died suddenly last week.

Mayhew spoke to BBC Five Live last night and said: "He returned from the UK via Dubai and appeared to be in good health before he died."

"We think the most likely cause was a clot on the lung which can be a complication of long distance travel. Jonah was at greater risk of that happening because of his renal condition."

In the church he used to go to as boy, the Lotofale'ia Methodist Church in Mangere, 40 candles were lit on a table at the front to represent each of the years of the rugby great's life. Jonah Lomu died suddenly last week after suffering for many years from a chronic and serious kidney disorder.

Music filled the church during yesterday's three hour service, from traditional Tongan and modern singing and a brass band, and people came to tell stories about "their son".

The memorial service at the Lotofalei'a Tongan Methodist Church in Mangere is the first public event for the rugby legend since he died on Wednesday, aged 40.

Former All Black Lomu, whose parents are Tongan, died this week in Auckland as a result of cardiac-arrest related to his long-running battle with kidney disease.

Sports Minister Fe'ao Vakata says the government will be represented at a memorial service for Lomu in Auckland.