The burden of leadership

PLUS: A juicy local league kerfuffle, an NRL final worth getting excited about, and a tearful farewell hits all the right notes.

Tom Latham, deep thinking. Getty Images

With a few days to digest the coming and going of the Black Caps, it’s worth expanding on the implications, the possible motivations behind Tim Southee’s big move and the wider implications.

Without question, it had to happen. Southee’s position had become untenable. In his past 15 bowling innings he has taken more …