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.
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.
