Blues midfielder Sonny Bill Williams with ball in hand against the Hurricanes. Photo: Getty ImagesFormer All Black Murray Mexted has highlighted the Sonny Bill Williams sponsor snub as symptomatic of a lack of team culture in the Blues Super Rugby team. Mexted told Radio Sport's Martin Devlin that Williams' stand was contrary to everything that constitutes a healthy team culture, which he believes is lacking at the Blues. "Think about this sponsor, BNZ ... if there were three or four players like Sonny Bill that refused to have their logo exposed, what happens next year? "The Blues aren't going to do that until they have that same team concept and [Sonny Bill] doesn't add to it, that's for sure."

Source: Otago Daily Times April 18, 2017 01:07 UTC