VIDEO: All Blacks star Collins remembered at funeral

Thousands of mourners including rugby greats Jonah Lomu and Tana Umaga have attended the funeral of former All Black Jerry Collins who was remembered as a “wicked, mischievous young man” who “never forgot where he came from”.

Collins, 34, was killed along with his Canadian partner Alana Madill in a car accident near Beziers in southern France on June 5. The couple’s three-month-old daughter Ayla remains in a serious condition in a French hospital.