Jake Jacob Grey (17 February 1984 – 19 December 2021) was a Samoan

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

prop who played for SCOPA and the

Samoa national rugby union team The Samoa national rugby union team (also known as Manu Samoa) represents Samoa in men's international rugby union and it is governed by the Samoa Rugby Union. They are also known as Manu Samoa, which is thought to derive from the name of a Samo ...

. Grey made his debut for Samoa in 2014 in Samoa's 4 Test series and was part of the squad at the

2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ...

. He spent some time in Ireland after arriving in 2006 and departed in 2012 with hopes of representing Samoa. Grey died on 19 December 2021, at the age of 37, after suffering from

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.Samoa rugby mourn death of Jake Grey
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