EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS TOULON will host a friendly match with a difference on Wednesday evening as some of the game’s greatest names take to the pitch again.
The French club will play the Classic All Blacks in a tribute match for the late, great Jerry Collins who lost his life so tragically in June.
The former All Black, who spent one season at Toulon, died, along with his wife Alana, following a road traffic accident in France.
The couple’s young daughter, Ayla, survived but is receiving ongoing medical treatment in the care of family in Canada.
Many of Collins’ former All Black team-mates will pull on the jersey again during what it sure to be an emotional evening.
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Ali Williams, Andrew Hore, Brad Thorn, Carl Hayman, Carlos Spencer and Justin Marshall are just some of the luminaries set to take on the Top 14 giants.
They will perform the Haka before kick-off at the Stade Mayol.
Last month, Ospreys – another of Collins’ former clubs, paid tribute to the 34-year-old during their first Pro12 home game of the season.
All proceeds from Wednesday’s game will go to the Jerry Collins Memorial Fund with the action getting underway at 6pm Irish time.
This was for the legendary Andrew O Donnell RIP.
Come on the Little Village.
Andrew O Donnell would be beaming
This was for the legendary Andrew O Donnell RIP.
Come on the Little Village.
This was for the legendary Andrew O Donnell RIP.
Come on the Little Village.
This was for the legendary Andrew O Donnell RIP.
Come on the Little Village.
Ryan Deegan scored the first goal for Davis
God I hate that Thomas Davis club so much, run by fools, coaches are fools,I’ll never forget them bringing shamrock rovers to court cause the sdcc was giving us a stadium, like they already get enough from government for the terrible little club house they have,
@Happy entertainment: bit rich someone from SRFC talking about other clubs being run by fools. How is the grass growing in Glenmalure?
@PJL M: oh our Glenmalure suite in our nice big tallaght stadium is going great how is the little club house?we make more money in a week than you guys in a year so rovers must not be that badly run,
@Happy entertainment: yeah, it will never be your real home in Milltown, maybe some fools running your club made a mess of things…
@PJL M: it is our real home, and yeah many years ago the it was run by ppl who sold the fans out,sure I suppose they should have burnt it down for insurance purposes instead like some places do hint hint new club house that is still a kip,anyway you just enjoy it while it lasts numbers down in Thomas Davis , supporters down and believe me I know very well how Thomas Davis is run was involved in it for years until they tried to rob what was not for them,
@Happy entertainment: typical rovers
@John O Reilly: what’s typical?in fact you would say what Thomas Davis did was typical gaa, take what they don’t own
@Happy entertainment:”what they don’t own” have you heard anything in the news about the FAI & the people running it?
@my name: sorry who runs the fai?Do rovers run the fai?no they don’t you clown?but Thomas Davis were funded by the Gaa trying to take tallaght stadium
@Happy entertainment: it’s still extremely rich if you trying to take the moral high ground when your entire governing body is as corrupt as the Godfather series. Oh and you’re a clown
They could pass a ball to each other
Interesting that McDermottroe a former junior club player in Roscommon was the top scorer for Castleknock