The 'mystery' of the missing All Black

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The disappearance of Pita Gus Sowakula from not only the All Blacks but the lottery-drawn All Blacks XV has ‘gripped’ the nation.

His fall from grace, on the surface, seems extraordinary, particularly when you compare it to the latitude given to other faltering backrowers like Hoskins Sotutu, Shannon Frizell and Akira Ioane.