Jerry Collins

Jerry Collins

Collins featuring for RC Narbonne in 2015
Nickname	The Terminator
Date of birth	(1980-11-04)4 November 1980
Place of birth	Apia, Samoa
Date of death	5 June 2015(2015-06-05) (aged 34)
Place of death	Béziers, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in; 75 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
School	St. Patrick's College
University	Victoria University
Notable relative(s)	Mike Umaga, Tana Umaga, Sinoti Sinoti (cousins)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Flanker, Number eight
New Zealand No.	1002
Amateur clubs Years Club / team       Northern United
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Apps (points) 2008–09 2009–11 2011–13 2015 Toulon Ospreys Yamaha Júbilo Narbonne 22 56 11 8 (20) (30) (5) (15)
Provincial/State sides Years Club / team Apps (points) 1999–07 Wellington 47 (55)
Super Rugby Years Club / team Apps (points) 2001–08 Hurricanes 85 (27)
National team(s) Years Club / team Apps (points) 1998–99 2001–07 New Zealand U19 New Zealand 48 (25)

Jerry Collins (4 November 1980 – 5 June 2015) was a Samoan-born professional New Zealand rugby union player. He played for New Zealand, for whom he was capped 48 times, and most recently played for RC Narbonne, in the Rugby Pro D2. Collins and his partner, Alana Madill, were killed in a car accident in southern France in June 2015.

He is considered to be one of hardest tacklers in rugby history, along with Brian Lima.

Collins made New Zealand Secondary Schools through his performance in the 1st XV side at St. Patrick's in Wellington for three seasons running in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and was Player of the Tournament at the 1999 World Junior Championships (Under-19) which New Zealand won, before going on to become the first player from that team to be called up to the All Blacks in 2001.

Collins made his Wellington debut in the NPC in 1999, and his Wellington Hurricanes debut in 2001. He made a total of 74 appearances for the Hurricanes between 2001 and 2008, which included an appearance in the 2006 final against the Crusaders at AMI Stadium.

After debuting for the All Blacks in 2001, Collins went on to play 48 test matches, scoring five tries. In June 2006, he captained the All Blacks in a one-off Test match against Argentina, where he led his team to a 25–19 victory in Buenos Aires becoming the 61st captain of the All Blacks. He was named as All Black captain 2007 Rugby World Cup matches against Portugal and Romania, standing in for regular captain Richie McCaw.