No, no, Nonu, don't go to league

Little wonder Hurricanes star Ma'a Nonu is considering switching his allegiance from rugby to rugby league.
The Hurricanes utility back has been given a raw deal by the All Blacks selectors and his frustrations are easily understood.
It seems Non'u has been told by AB's coach Graeme Henry that his style of play is too similar to that of Tana Umaga to warrant him being considered for a midfield berth.
Which I suppose is a way of saying sorry Ma'a but until Tana decides to call it a day you'll either be warming up the reserve bench or confined to provincial play. Probably a bit of both.
Two points come readily to mind here.
Firstly, it appears to me that Umaga and Non'u have very different strengths
Umaga is basically a link man on attack, a player with the ability to set up his outsides through well-timed passes and with the vision to know just when to pass and when to the take the ball up and set up prime second phase possession.
Nonu, as befits his younger age, is more confrontational than Umaga when on the burst. Hard and straight is his motto and seldom does he fail to break the advantage line. As a passer though he lacks the finesse of Umaga and you often get the feeling anyway that he would rather go it alone than trust those around him to carry on the good work.
So on that basis, and working on the principle that rugby is a team game, Umaga has to be the better bet in midfield, doesn't he?
But, hey, that doesn't mean Nonu should be discarded from the AB's, not by a long chalk.
Transfer him one or two places out onto the wing and there isn't a more dangerous attacking weapon in the country.
Now I know there will be lots of rugby folk saying we already have a glut of talent in that position.
We have Gear, we have Sivivatu, we have Howlett??.is there a place for a Nonu?
Too damn right there is.
Remember a guy called Jonah Lomu who in his best days was a sensation because of his penchant for running over opponents rather than around him.
As a wing Nonu has a lot of Lomu about him and the AB"s should be exploiting that to the fullest extent.
Imagine, for example, the AB's down by a handful of points going into the last minute of a test with arch enemy Australia.
A try is an absolute necessity as a scrum is put down close to the opposition line, AB's with the put in. A couple of quick passes on the short side and the winger will only have a couple of defenders to beat.
Question: Which of the current crop of players would you want that winger to be?
My money would be fairly and squarely on Nonu. Every time.