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Toulon tipped to announce Kaino signing within 48 hours
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All Blacks and Blues flanker Jerome Kaino is tipped to sign with French club Toulon, with Toulon owner Mourad Boudjellal stating an announcement is imminent.
"Vermeulen is leaving, he will be replaced by an international level player that we will announce in the next 48 hours," Boudjellal said.
French publication Midi Olympique reported in December that Kaino was linked with Toulon as a possible replacement for South African Duane Vermeulen. Toulon's owner confirmed the Springbok was heading home after Toulon's season finishes.
"Duane is leaving because he wants to prepare for the World Cup [in Japan in 2019] - we had offered him a contract that corresponded to the amount of time he works."
The 34-year-old Kaino's contract with the NZRU runs through to the end of 2018 although the move makes sense with the stiff competition emerging in Liam Squire and Vaea Fifita for the All Blacks blindside flanker role.
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Let’s make them both Capt. I think we'd get the best of both of them and it would help alleviate some of the pressures of the role. They'd have to confer over on field decisions which should lead to “ learnings “ for both. They are our two best consistent performers.
Go to commentsForget what was said or how many players said it. TONY BROWN IS THE NEW ATTACK COACH. That’s the only story worth freaking out over. The springboks are going to grow their game an awful lot over the next cycle and it’s not just the 19 disgustingly arrogant Irish players who refused to shake Ebens hand and said “see you in the final if you can cheat your way past France” who will find that out first hand.
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