Sam Williams (rugby league)
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Personal information
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| Nickname | Sammy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 March 1991 Cooma, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing information
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| Position | Halfback, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sam Williams (born 18 March 1991 in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional English Super League player for the Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 1378) of the English Super League who plays the position of halfback. Sam previously played 65 games for the Canberra Raiders and 4 for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League.
A Cooma Colts junior, Sam Williams boarded at St Gregory's College for his secondary schooling and played for the Junior Kangaroo's in 2010. Sam debuted for the Canberra Raiders in the National Youth Competition in 2009 and was selected in the team of the year in 2010, he was also previously the National Youth Competition Captain.
Sam has played 65 first grade matches for the Canberra Raiders and 4 for the St. George Illawarra Dragons. Sam has scored 12 first grade tries. Sam made his NRL debut for the Canberra Raiders against the Cronulla Sharks in round 1 of the 2011 NRL season due to an injury sustained by then Canberra Raiders first choice halfback Matt Orford. Williams impressed on his debut with a strong all round performance that earned him the man of the match award. In round 6 of the season Orford was again ruled out through injury, giving Williams another opportunity in first grade, in this game against the North Queensland Cowboys Williams was sent to the sin bin for a professional foul. Later in the season Sam managed to cement his spot as the first choice number of seven.
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