Jerome Kaino

Jerome Kaino

Birth name	Jerome Kaino
Date of birth	(1983-04-06) 6 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Faga'alu, American Samoa[1]
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	110 kg (240 lb; 17 st 5 lb)[2]
School	Papakura High School St Kentigern College[3]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8, Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Auckland University () Correct as of 13 August 2021 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2018 2004–2017 2012–2014 2018–2021 Blues Auckland Toyota Verblitz Toulouse 137 48 18 62 (70) (50) (10) (10) Correct as of 13 August 2021 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003–2004 2004–2017 2005–2007 2011 New Zealand Colts New Zealand Junior All Blacks Barbarian F.C. 9 83 7 1 (25) (65) (0) (0) Correct as of 13 August 2021 Coaching career Years Team 2021– Toulouse (skills and U21) Correct as of 7 June 2021

Jerome Kaino (born 6 April 1983) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.

In 2004, he was named IRB International Under-21 player of the year. In 2011, he was named the New Zealand Rugby player of the year, finishing ahead of Richie McCaw and Ma'a Nonu in the voting. He is a key member of 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning teams, becoming one of only 20 players to have won multiple Rugby World Cups.

Having played 137 games with the Blues, he is a Super Rugby centurion. Kaino is considered by many to be one of the game's greats.

He is the second U.S. national of Samoan descent to play for the All Blacks. The first was Frank Solomon in 1931.