Has there ever been such a controversial Auckland lock as Ali Williams? And has the city's place as the home of the great locks in world rugby come to an end?

While his Wallaby side went through their usual parabolic form graph, Deans ploughed on. He had a job to do, writes Wynne Gray.

Subplots regularly threaten to overpower the main act in Australian rugby.

They have the award that counts - a Super Rugby trophy - but the Chiefs and their coach Dave Rennie failed to win over the New Zealand Rugby Awards judges.

Wynne Gray: For the first time this season the All Blacks felt the cold fear of failure.

The poor old International Rugby Board - they just can't get anything right at the moment.

Tracey Nelson crunches the numbers from the All Blacks' 42-10 win over Italy and finds Kieran Read was the top ball carrier.

The Wellington wind blows in yet another in a long list of talented and enterprising players - Cory Jane.

Stats guru Tracey Nelson crunches the numbers from the All Blacks' 21-5 victory over Argentina.

Henry's defection to the opposition isn't a hanging offence, but it still doesn't come close to matching the All Black spirit he professed to represent.