The New Zealand Herald's Wynne Gray calls for Piri Weepu to make a big impact in the final Tri-Nations Test.
"The kilos have come off, the spare tyre has deflated and certainly some centimetres have evaporated from the posterior.
It's been a tough haul for Piri Weepu, who was getting back into real trim late last year then snapped his ankle. Surgery and the convalescence bit into his fitness and frame.
Once his bones had recovered, Weepu had to get his head around finding the balance between intake and output if he wanted to make the World Cup squad.
He had all the skills the selectors wanted and more, he "saw" the game better than most in the squad and that's what they wanted. But they also needed the fit-version Weepu to help deliver those abilities."
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