Jerry Collins RIP

[hornetrider]

Killed in a car crash along with his wife, survived by his two month old child. Sad news.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/intern...

[Rosscow]

Sad indeed, 2 months old and an orphan. Terrible.

[prand]

bloody hell, what an awful accident. He was a great player, a "proper" All Black.


RIP

[DJRC]

Logged onto the wifi for first time and seen this.



Always sad to see a proper gentleman leave the field of play before his time.

[hajaba123]

Bad news, this guy even turned up and played for Barnstaple 2nds in 2007. Known as a complete gent as well as a monster on the pitch

[tight5]

Just been reading about that Barnstaple thing.
Class !

I can just imagine going to play them and you see him lining up against you !!

RIP, bud.

[GravelBen]

RIP, one of the hardest tacklers I've ever seen.

[epom]

Awfully sad. RIP

[Kermit power]

hajaba123 said:

Bad news, this guy even turned up and played for Barnstaple 2nds in 2007. Known as a complete gent as well as a monster on the pitch

Not only that, when he played for the Barbarians a few weeks later, he did so in Barnstaple socks. I wouldn't mind betting that every member of that club still has the clip of him being highlighted by the commentator as Jerry Collins "of New Zealand and Barnstaple"!

In these days of everything being so professional, it was nice to see one of the best just enjoying his game.

[djsmith74]

Goosebumps......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33097531