Jerry Collins, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)
Jerry Collins (4 November 1980 – 5 June 2015) was a Samoan – New Zealand rugby union player. He played for New Zealand, for whom he was capped 48 times, as well as for the Wellington Hurricanes in New Zealand, Toulon and Narbonne in the Rugby Pro D2, Ospreys in the UK, and Yamaha Júbilo in Japan. He played as a flanker and number eight, and was considered to be one of hardest tacklers in rugby history, along with Brian Lima.Collins and his partner, Alana Madill, were killed in a car accident in southern France in June 2015.
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