Latest from NRL

League: Willie Mason - an unlikely role model
After rejecting Tonga's World Cup bid, the former NRL bad boy talks of his `legacy'.

SBW will return to rugby in 2015
Sonny Bill Williams will return to rugby in 2015 after completing his second season with NRL premiers the Sydney Roosters, the cross-code superstar announced today.

Gregor Paul: SBW making it up as he goes along
The Chiefs won't hold out any hope that the volatile nature of Sonny Bill Williams will see him announce tomorrow that he's had a change of heart and will indeed be shifting to Hamilton next year.

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.

Lure of Kiwis too much for SBW to resist
Sonny Bill Williams has been added to the Kiwis 24-man squad for the rugby league World Cup in place of Melbourne's Tohu Harris.

Patrick McKendry: Playing on global stage a big lure
Love him or loathe him - and it seems the majority of NZers are polarised to that extent - Sonny Bill Williams' talents belong on the world stage, writes Patrick McKendry.

League: Coach picks Locke as specialist
Talented fullback gets nod for World Cup squad despite fluctuating form for Warriors.

Hugh McGahan: Missing Rabbits remove romance
The Sydney media has wanted a grand final containing two local teams; but more specifically they desired the involvement of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

NRL: SBW wins hearts on and off field
When Sonny Bill Williams walked out on Canterbury in 2008, he was accused of destroying a team's culture.