New Zealand's Porirua Park to Be Renamed After All Blacks Legend Jerry Collins
The death of Jerry Collins and his partner Alana Madill last year sent shockwaves around the rugby world.
Collins, a veteran of 48 All Blacks appearances and a one-time captain of the New Zealand national side, was playing for Racing Club Narbonne and was killed in a car accident near the town of Beziers in the south of France in June 2015.
New Zealand prop Neemia Tialata led a powerful Haka at the sight of the crash that claimed the lives of both Collins and his partner.
The global reaction to the death of the 1002nd All Black ensured he would always be remembered, but Collins has now received a more concrete posthumous remembrance.
Porirua Park, the home ground of Collins' amateur club Northern United, will be renamed in his honour, according to AllBlacks.com.
The rededication will officially take place on Friday, March 25 in a ceremony at the ground where Collins first learned the skills that took him to the summit of world rugby.
