| Jerry Collins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | November 4, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Apia, Western Samoa | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||
| Nickname | JC, dark destroyer, rolling pin | ||
| School | St Pat's Town; (Previously Tawa College) | ||
| University | Victoria University | ||
| Notable relative(s) | Tana Umaga Mike Umaga (cousins) | ||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby player. | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Flanker, Number eight | ||
| New Zealand No. | 1002 | ||
| Clubs | Caps | (points) | |
| 2008–09 2009– |
Toulon Ospreys |
22 1 |
(20) (5) |
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| 1999–2007 | Wellington | 47 | (55) |
| correct as of 2007-06-08. | |||
| Super Rugby | |||
| 2001–2008 | Hurricanes | 74 | (27) |
| Current local club: | Toulon | ||
| correct as of 2007-06-08. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| 2001–2007 | New Zealand | 48 | (25) |
| correct as of 2008-25-03. | |||
Jerry Collins (born 4 November 1980 in Apia, Samoa) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who formerly played for the national team, the All Blacks in which he was capped 48 times. [1][2] He now plays for the Ospreys in Wales, after moving from French team Toulon in 2009.
He is also of Cook Islands descent[3].
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Early Career
Collins made New Zealand Secondary Schools through his performance in the 1st XV side at St. Patrick's in Wellington for two seasons running in 1997 and 1998 and was Player of the Tournament at the 1999 World Junior Championships (Under-19) which New Zealand won, becoming the first player for that team to be called up to the All Blacks.
Professional Career and the All Blacks
Since debuting for the All Blacks in 2001, Collins has gone on to play 46 test matches, scoring four tries. Recently, he was named as All Black captain in world cup matches against Portugal and Romania played in Lyon and Toulouse respectively, once again standing in for McCaw. Jerry collins is known for his hard hits throughout his rugby career as his physical strength earned his a number of nicknames. He has arms that measured 22 inc during his career and he had to stop doing weights on his arms as they were bending the bones in his arms and also affecting his tackling ability.
2006
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. After the match in a formal presentation involving both teams he gave a "particularly long speech" which was all done in Spanish. Many Argentine players praised him afterwards for his remarkable ability with the local language, considering it was his first time.
2007
In October 2007, following New Zealands exit from the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Collins was vacationing in Devon when he was spotted by Barnstaple Rugby Football Club's head coach Kevin Squire who invited him to come and watch them play at the weekend. Much to the clubs surprise he turned up so they asked if he minded running a coaching session with the junior section. After doing this Kevin Squire thanked Jerry Collins and asked if there was anything they could do to repay him, to which Collins replied he just wanted to play rugby. So the following Saturday Collins turned out for the club's 2nd XV match against local side Newton Abbot. In a match a few weeks later for the Barbarians he wore the Barnstaple socks. He played rugby league in the Wellington Competition and he registered as a different name in result the team was fined.
2008
Collins retired from the All Blacks in May 2008.
2009
In May 2009, Collins agreed a two year deal to join Welsh Region The Ospreys, scoring a try on his league debut against Irish team Connacht Rugby. While playing against Ulster he made one of his hard hits while running with the ball and colliding with Ulster player Dan Tuohy and resulting with Dan being knocked out. He also captained the ospreys against Munster which they won.
Other
- Cousin of former All Blacks captain Tana Umaga.
- Captained the All Blacks for the first time against Argentina in Buenos Aires in June 2006.
- Scored two tries against Italy in New Zealand’s opening match of the RWC 2007.
References
- ^ "Collins ends New Zealand career". BBC. 2008-05-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7419984.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ "Nine new caps in All Blacks squad". BBC. 2008-05-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7420945.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
- ^ http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/h432f.htm
External links
- Jerry Collins at AllBlacks.com
- Jerry Collins at The Official Hurricanes Website
- A few Jerry Collins video clips at Rugbydump.com video website
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