Sonny Bill Williams

Sonny Bill Williams

Williams in Samoa, August 2014
Full name	Sonny William Williams
Date of birth	(1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 31)
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Rugby union career
Current status
Current team	New Zealand
Playing career
Position	Centre, Wing
Professional / senior clubs Years Club / team Caps (points) 2008–10 2012–13 Toulon Panasonic 33 7 (30) (10) Correct as of 25 January 2016
Provincial/State sides Years Club / team Caps (points) 2010–11 2014 Canterbury Counties Manukau 6 2 (20) (0) Correct as of 25 January 2016
Super Rugby Years Club / team Caps (points) 2011 2012, 15–16 2017– Crusaders Chiefs Blues 15 28 (25) (30) Correct as of 25 January 2016
National team(s) Years Club / team Caps (points) 2010–12, 14– New Zealand 33 (45) Correct as of 25 January 2016
Sevens national teams Years Club / team   Comps 2016– New Zealand 6 Correct as of 31 May 2016

Sonny William "Sonny Bill" Williams (born 3 August 1985) is a New Zealand and heavyweight boxer. He is only the second person to represent New Zealand in rugby union after first playing for the country in rugby league. He is particularly known in league and rugby for his ability to offload the ball in the tackle and, formerly in league, for his shoulder charges.

Williams made his professional rugby league debut for the Canterbury Bulldogs during the 2004 National Rugby League (NRL) season. In 2008 he left the Bulldogs mid-season to play rugby union with French club Toulon. In 2010 Williams signed with the New Zealand Rugby Union in a successful bid to play for the All Blacks at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He played provincially for Canterbury in the 2010 ITM Cup before being selected for the All Blacks' 2010 end of year tour, where he made his test debut against England on 6 November. In Super Rugby he played for the Crusaders in 2011 and the Chiefs in 2012. Following that, he played briefly for Panasonic in the Japanese Top League before returning to rugby league after signing with the Sydney Roosters for the 2013 NRL season. That year he was judged the world's best rugby league player at the annual RLIF Awards. After playing another season for the Roosters in 2014, Williams returned to New Zealand rugby with Counties Manukau in the 2014 ITM Cup, followed by the Chiefs in 2015. He claimed a second Rugby World Cup title in 2015, becoming one of only twenty dual Rugby World Cup winners. He went on to play rugby sevens for New Zealand, finishing the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series in third place before competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where his tournament was ended due to injury during his first game.