Jake Grey
| Date of birth | 17 February 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of death | 19 December 2021 (aged 37) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moto'otua Hospital, Apia, Samoa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 125 kg (276 lb; 19 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Jake Jacob Grey (17 February 1984 – 19 December 2021) was a Samoan rugby union prop who played for SCOPA and the Samoa national rugby union team.
Grey made his debut for Samoa in 2014 in Samoa's 4 Test series[1] and was part of the squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[2]
He spent some time in Ireland after arriving in 2006 and departed in 2012 with hopes of representing Samoa.[3]
Grey died on 19 December 2021, at the age of 37, after suffering from cancer.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Manu Samoa Squad named for the June 4 Test Series". Talamua.com. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Profile". Official Site 2015 Rugby World Cup. 17 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Former Crosshaven prop named in Samoa's final World Cup squad". The 42.ie. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ Samoa rugby mourn death of Jake Grey