Rugby Union - New Zealand All Blacks v British and Irish Lions - Lions Tour - Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand - July 8, 2017 - New Zealand's Jerome Kaino in action with Lions' Maro Itoje. REUTERS/Nigel Marple
SYDNEY (Reuters) - All Blacks loose forward Jerome Kaino has returned home for a "personal matter", New Zealand Rugby said on Saturday just hours before the side's first Rugby Championship clash with Australia in Sydney.
Kaino, who has won two Rugby World Cups, had not been named in the matchday squad with Liam Squire given the starting blindside flanker role.
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