Wynne Gray: Reasons to be cheerful ... one, two, three

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Three why nots.
Why not Sonny Bill Williams?
Why not the winner of tomorrow's Super 14 to take on Heineken Cup winner Toulouse?
Why not midweek games on tour like the Wallabies?

Answers to those questions remain murky although, if you can crack the signals surrounding SBW, it seems he is keen to shift south if the deal is right.

Williams is an unusually talented athlete. His game is different, he brings hybrid skills which will deliver uncertainty to his rivals and teammates.

He carries the ball in one claw a la Pinetree, waving possession almost tauntingly at defenders. He likes contact and invariably looks to offload.

There are mistakes but there is also a spark. When he runs, usually against the grain, his power and agility allows him to beat tacklers while his passing is sure, long and accurate.

SBW is getting his arms into the tackle now and when he clobbers victims they stay hit.

He is a playmaker and a physical menace. You figure he could play No 8 or in midfield, his versatility would be massive. Cue the All Blacks.

New Zealand may yet miss out signing SBW and Sanzar has missed a trick too in not pitching tomorrow's Super 14 champion against the Heineken Cup winners Toulouse.

Imagine if that squareoff was played annually in alternate hemispheres in front of a sellout crowd, a massive global television audience and commercial spinoffs.

Toulouse against tomorrow's South African victor would be an intriguing contest and could also be pitched as an additional financial incentive for the winner.

Talking of dosh. It makes me wonder why the NZRU ignores the chance or fails to make a deal for midweek games on their end of year tours.

They tacked on the Barbarians game after five tests last season and a Munster match among five tests in 2008 when 38 players were involved on the trip.

A total of 34 players were summonsed at various stages late last year as the All Blacks went through a weekly schedule until the final Baabaas game.

All those players, so much training and so little rugby.

The Wallabies have three midweek games at the end of this year separating their five internationals.

The All Blacks have five tests. Is that the wish of the administrators, coaches or a lack of deal sealing? Whatever, can't help feeling it is a chance lost.