Tributes to Jack, a top player and great man

RUGBY MATTERS
BRENDAN GALLAGHER

THE tragic death of Jack Adams at just 34 from cancer has been felt in many rugby communities – he made his mark at Hucclecote, Gloucester, Bristol, Moseley and Cinderford – but none more so than St Peter’s School, Gloucester where he played all his schoolboy rugby and met his future wife.
“Jack was a great lad from a lovely family and a hell of a good player,” recalls Dave Pointon, his coach back then.
“When he first arrived he was big for his age and I played him at No.8 because he was so good I just wanted him ball ...

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