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England’s Honey Kerslake inspired by memory of her dad – All Blacks great Jerry Collins

Almost 11 years on from New Zealand flanker Jerry Collins’ tragic death, his daughter Honey Kerslake is using his memory as fuel.
Honey Kerslake in action for England

By Joseph Saunders
Almost 11 years on from New Zealand flanker Jerry Collins’ tragic death, his daughter Honey Kerslake is using his memory as fuel.

Towards the end of a career in which he won 48 caps for the All Blacks, the 34-year-old, below, was playing for Narbonne in France when he and his partner were killed in a car crash.
But Kerslake still credits him with her extraordinary rise to the England squad for the inaugural Six Nations Women’s U21 Series, which began on Saturday.
Kerslake said: “His inspiration has been one of my biggest driving factors to play rugby.”

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