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Richie Barnett: Right decision - but now Sonny Bill must prove it

The first thing Sonny Bill Williams will do when he gets into camp with the Kiwis tomorrow is address the squad and talk about what has happened, writes Richie Barnett.

Scotty Stevenson: In the beginning, Tom was the man

Chris Rattue: Day of shame for NZ rugby league

The axing of Tohu Harris a day after his selection, for sport's No 1 narcissist Sonny Bill Williams, is disgusting, writes Chris Rattue.

Michael Brown: Kiwis made the right call over SBW

You have to feel for Tohu Harris but one day he might understand the NZRL did the right thing by replacing him with Sonny Bill Williams in the Kiwis World Cup squad.

Patrick McKendry: Conundrums aplenty for test selectors

The Rugby Championship trophy is about to be locked away once again following the victory in Johannesburg, but several other issues are less cut-and-dried for the selectors, writes Patrick McKendry.

Wynne Gray: Nonu a shining diamond on high veld

As former teammates Ma'a Nonu and Sonny Bill Williams strode into footy finals yesterday, the All Black made an emphatic statement about his future.

Chris Rattue: Read the supreme No8

Who knows if we've just witnessed the best rugby test ever, as some are apparently claiming, but I reckon Kieran Read is our finest No 8, period, writes Chris Rattue.

Mark Richardson: Volts a team to be proud of

Dylan Cleaver: Quite probable Dalts will return

Dylan Cleaver places little or no stock on Grant Dalton's weary resignation that he does not have another America's Cup campaign left in him.

David Leggat: Reaction to Cup defeat a test of our maturity

The coming days, possibly weeks, will provide a good test of the maturity of New Zealand the sporting nation.

Absent All Blacks no great problem

Argentina have not won a Rugby Championship test and were belted 54-15 at home last year by the All Blacks.

Paul Lewis: Ill wind keeps NZ short of vital win

My daughters sang this when they were small and "it just goes on and on, my friends", just like the 34th America's Cup.

Wynne Gray: Plenty of sound and fury - but most of it coming from my household

Variations on the "Are they racing?" inquiry infested my household at the weekend.

Dylan Cleaver: Vital Nonu a law unto himself

If it was a tacking duel for the sporting public's affections, Dean Barker has, until the past two days, picked all the right shifts while Ma'a Nonu is still adrift on a sea of indifference.

Richard Loe: Coles needs more time on pitch

Scotty Stevenson: From backgammon to chess in scrums

Backgammon is a game of chance and a game of strategy. The rugby scrum has become the same, writes Scotty Stevenson.