I hear from someone who was there that while the Etihad was waiting for a tug after his rejected takeoff he told tower that there were no lead in lights from the holding point which caused his problem with lining up.
In this day and age it does seem ridiculous that we taxi by looking out of the window for lights and marker boards and by looking inside at Aerad or Jeppesen plates.
It may not have helped in this case but if every plane had a Tomtom in the flight deck with airfield layouts in it life would be simpler and there would be fewer taxiing errors.