It was a moment which encapsulated New Zealand's performance against Samoa and left Sonny Bill Williams embarrassed.

Sonny Bill Williams will play his first test for the Kiwis in five years when they open their World Cup campaign against Samoa on Monday morning (NZT).

A snake was found inside the New Zealand Rugby League World Cup squad's training base at Narrabeen, much to the surprise of the players,including Sonny Bill Willams. Alex Glenn (misfit4) posted the action to Instagram.

Some might call it the miracle at Lang Park. It's slightly more than 30 years since the historic night in Brisbane when the Kiwis shocked one of the best Australian sides of all time.

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.

Herald scribes Andrew Alderson and Michael Brown discuss what should SBW be doing?. Sonny Bill Williams has said he changed his mind about playing in the World Cup after having some time to think about how much representing New Zealand really meant to him.

The Sydney media has wanted a grand final containing two local teams; but more specifically they desired the involvement of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

When Sonny Bill Williams walked out on Canterbury in 2008, he was accused of destroying a team's culture.

NRL referees boss Daniel Anderson says the standard of officiating has been vastly improved.

Daly Cherry-Evans has sought to finally quash rumours he is unhappy at Manly.

Manly five-eighth Kieran Foran points to the closeness of the Sea Eagles group as the key to the NRL club defying the trend of the salary cap era.