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<\/a> <\/p>\nGeorgia<\/a> have bolstered their coaching ranks ahead of the upcoming Rugby World Cup<\/a> in 2027 with the appointment of former All Blacks<\/a> great Jerome Kaino.<\/p>\n The Lelos will share Pool B with South Africa, Italy<\/a> and Romania<\/a> in a little under one year\u2019s time.<\/p>\n The two-time Rugby World Cup winner has joined the Lelos coaching staff for the November international window, where he will work as an assistant coach under Pierre-Henri Broncan.<\/p>\n Kaino\u2019s brief will focus on contact areas and attacking rucks as Georgia continue their preparations for a month that includes Tests against Canada, Tonga<\/a> and the USA.<\/p>\n The appointment reunites Kaino with Broncan, with the pair having previously worked together at French heavyweights Toulouse.<\/p>\n Despite linking up with the Georgian national side, the 43-year-old will retain his existing role at Toulouse.<\/p>\n Georgia confirmed the appointment in a statement, describing Kaino as a specialist addition to Broncan\u2019s backroom team for the November programme.<\/p>\n Born in American Samoa<\/a> in 1983, Kaino moved to New Zealand<\/a> with his family at the age of four and would go on to establish himself as one of the outstanding back-row forwards of his generation.<\/p>\n After developing through the Auckland<\/a> system, he represented both Auckland and the Blues<\/a> between 2004 and 2018, becoming a mainstay of New Zealand rugby during one of the most successful periods in the nation\u2019s history.<\/p>\n His rise first gathered pace in 2004 when he helped the Junior All Blacks win the World Rugby Under-21 Championship and was subsequently named the world\u2019s Under-21 Player of the Year.<\/p>\n That same year brought his senior All Blacks debut. He went to win 81 Test caps, two Rugby World Cup triumphs in 2011 and 2015, and five Rugby Championship<\/a> titles.<\/p>\n The 6\u20195, 113kg Kaino was named New Zealand Player of the Year in 2011 after playing a pivotal role in the All Blacks ending their 24-year wait for a World Cup on home soil.<\/p>\n Following the conclusion of his Super Rugby career, Kaino moved to France<\/a> where he spent the final three seasons of his playing career with Toulouse. The powerhouse loose forward lifted the Top 14<\/a> title in both 2019 and 2021, while also helping Toulouse<\/a> capture the Champions Cup in what proved to be the final season of his playing career.<\/p>\n Kaino immediately transitioned into coaching and has spent the past five years with Toulouse working in skills development and with the club\u2019s Under-21 programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 5 hours ago | 1 November 2026 06:58 EST Updated: 5 hours ago | 1 November 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-820936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}