A big year for All Black iron man Jerome Kaino just got bigger. The New Zealand Herald's Nicholas Jones reports.
"2011 has brought Kaino a Rugby World Cup winner's medal, marriage, the birth of a son - and last night the 28-year-old was named player of the year at the Steinlager Rugby Awards.
"Kaino had been widely tipped for the award, which was a reflection of his stellar World Cup form.
"The flanker was not present as he is on his honeymoon after marrying wife Diana in Samoa last month. But teammate and captain Richie McCaw described Kaino, who played all but 55 seconds of the World Cup campaign, as a "rock".
"He's a soldier. But more than that, he was the guy leading the way with his physicality."
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