Jerome Kaino to retire
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Good luck to Jerome.
Silver Fern readers with an eye for the truly great own-thread moments in the game will well remember the estimable Jegga nonchalantly mentioning taking breakfast with Kaino , Damien MacKenzie , Liam Squire and Joe Moody in Wellington on August 27 four and a bit years ago. Andrew Mehrtens was there too, at another table. Just like Jegga. 😁
Jerome was special, big, he'd hit them as hard as Jerry Collins when he was in the mood and his last few years were outstanding.
It's a shame that the big dope couldn't keep it in his pants, and stand back from Tara Pokarier, just at the time his manager could have been pushing his good looks and Greek god body at marketing agencies as a perfect advertising platform for clothes fashion and such. These blokes get the very best education and insight into the value of personal discipline and integrity - that news really disappointed me.
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@Mick-Gold-Coast-QLD said in Jerome Kaino to retire:
Good luck to Jerome.
Silver Fern readers with an eye for the truly great own-thread moments in the game will well remember the estimable Jegga nonchalantly mentioning taking breakfast with Kaino , Damien MacKenzie , Liam Squire and Joe Moody in Wellington on August 27 four and a bit years ago. Andrew Mehrtens was there too, at another table. Just like Jegga. 😁
Jerome was special, big, he'd hit them as hard as Jerry Collins when he was in the mood and his last few years were outstanding.
It's a shame that the big dope couldn't keep it in his pants, and stand back from Tara Pokarier, just at the time his manager could have been pushing his good looks and Greek god body at marketing agencies as a perfect advertising platform for clothes fashion and such. These blokes get the very best education and insight into the value of personal discipline and integrity - that news really disappointed me.
That is about as Porn Star as a name could possibly be, shot Jerome !
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@Mick-Gold-Coast-QLD great sentiments mick. Agree he was a fine player but a person should never be salaciously shamed for picking up a consensual shag. No one knows other people's personal lives, only the envious (or women) judge, and his rugby prowess resigns the tabloid gossip to a "meh" for mine.
Won us a world cup, among other great achievements in black.
One of my favourites, ever
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My favourite modern day All Black. I've always felt he's been a bit underrated by the NZ public in comparison to the big Cantabs (Richie, DC and Read before his reputation slipped a bit in the last year or so) but I think his absence from the ABs and the struggle to find a long term 6 has helped increase his standing.
Kaino was awesome, but he's not on Richie or DC's level.
But a noticeable gap ahead of Read IMO
Maybe not peak Read, who was incredible, but in my eyes he is on the team sheet first.
Peak Read (2013) and Peak Kaino (2011) were equivalent, but Average Kaino much better than Average Read IMO.
Read had a Ponting over the last 3-4yrs of his career .....i.e. test average from 60 down to 52 or something
