Lauaki farewelled

All Black Sione Lauaki was laid to rest at a public funeral in Auckland yesterday (pictured above). Tributes flowed from the stage where Lauaki was proudly pictured in his All Blacks jersey, with a Tongan flag behind him. Hundreds gathered in the Church United in Te Atatu, West Auckland. Many of Lauaki’s friends, family and former teams mates, the likes of Jerome Kaino, Liam Messam and Manu Vatuvei, wore "Dox Brothers" apparel; a label founded by the man known as "Wax".