Jerry Collins: All Blacks perform Haka farewell close to site of Collins' fatal crash

Collins and his wife Alana Madill were killed in a car crash last week

Former All Blacks Neemia Tialata, Carl Hayman and Ali Williams and Byron Kelleher and Chris Masoe (out of shot) pay tribute to Jerry Collins (Twitter/@NeemiaTialata)

Four former All Blacks have paid their respects to Jerry Collins by performing the Haka near the site of the road accident that killed their team-mate.

Neemia Tialata posted the video of the tribute, which also featured Ali Williams, Carl Hayman and Chris Masoe, on social media, along with the message: “Saying goodbye 2the brother and his partner the way we were all brought up together #AllBlackFamily #RIPJC #RIPALANA.”

Collins and his partner, Alana Madill, were both killed last Friday morning after a bus smashed into their vehicle on a carriageway near a toll booth in Béziers, France.

The All Blacks quintet are all based in France, with Toulon’s Masoe and Tialata of Toulouse having formally to identify the body of Collins on behalf of his family in New Zealand.

Collins, 34, made his debut for New Zealand in 2001 and won 48 caps. The ex-Ospreys flanker had been playing for Narbonne. The couple’s three-month-old daughter is still fighting for her life in a Montpellier hospital.