# ...former All-Black Jerry Collins killed in car accident in France. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 5, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688 "2015-06-05T06:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/1 "2015-06-05T06:30:30Z")
…well bugger. ☹ > **[Former All Black Jerry Collins killed in car accident in France](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/69152950/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france)** > > Former All Black and his wife killed in a car crash in France, while their three-month old baby is in a critical condition. I know it won’t be of much interest to many dopers, but the guy was a legend here. RIP to Jerry and his wife: best wishes to their daughter Ayla who survived but is in hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/2 "2015-06-05T12:02:54Z")
Yes his death is a total shock. And his wife too. Just awful. It sounds like the baby is in a serious condition. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/3 "2015-06-05T12:28:20Z")
Jerry was a legend, he’d flatten them like a tank and then tend them like a mother hen. Tough as they make them, but he never needed to play dirty. He’ll be sadly missed. RIP, Jerry, there’ll be tears in Porirua tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/4 "2015-06-05T12:50:58Z")
[This Youtube tribute to the man in his prime really is a tribute now.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAEhpxzzR1w) ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/5 "2015-06-05T19:17:31Z")
Very sad news. I thought he was older than 34, it feels like he left the All Blacks a long time ago. How awful for the families and the poor little baby. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/6 "2015-06-05T23:42:18Z")
[There’s a lovely story here about how he turned out for an amateur club in Devon.](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11460675) ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/7 "2015-06-08T21:46:47Z")
More on the day [Jerry played for Barnstaple](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqNs8DuRrng). It was nice to see the [march in Narbonne](http://au.eurosport.com/rugby/narbonne-mourns-jerry-collins-as-his-child-fights-for-life_sto4773871/story.shtml) as well. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-all-black-jerry-collins-killed-in-car-accident-in-france/721688/8 "2015-06-15T06:15:58Z")
…some photos I took at the Jerry Collins walk yesterday. > **[DemotiX](https://demotix.com/)** > > Global Magazine 2023