Rugby: Craig Green to coach Treviso next season

Former World Cup-winning All Black winger Craig Green will coach top Italian rugby club Treviso next season.

Green has coached Calvisano for several years but has moved south to coach the club he used to play for after the All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup in 1987.

"I am really looking forward to coaching Benetton Treviso," Green told NZPA.

"It is so different than at Calvisano, not all for the better, but it is more organised and so many people ready to help."

New Italian captain and No 8 Sergio Parisse and flanker Mauro Bergamasco both play for Treviso.

- NZPA