Sonny Bill Williams has joined the Wallabies pin-up boys in experiencing a chastening build-up to Saturday's Tri-Nations decider after one of New Zealand rugby's star attractions was omitted from the All Blacks' final pre-World Cup tune-up at Suncorp Stadium.
All Black and Muslim convert Sonny Bill Williams is getting support from Australian boxing legend Anthony Mundine to help him through the month of fasting for Ramadan.
The Waratahs have emerged as shock contenders for the signature of Sonny Bill Williams next year.
All Blacks midfielder Sonny Bill Williams offers advice at a special training session at Dunedin's Edgar Centre yesterday afternoon with under-14 players from throughout Otago.
Crusaders' second five-eighth Sonny Bill Williams will not face his All Black rival Ma'a Nonu after a hip injury ruled him out of the Super 15 match in Wellington on Saturday night.
All Black star Sonny Bill Williams has been given the highest possible endorsement from his Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder, who believes the league convert deserves the same special treatment from the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) as Daniel Carter and Richie McCaw.
Sonny Bill Williams has recovered from a stress fracture in his left leg and will make his debut for the Crusaders against the Waratahs in Nelson on Friday night.
Australia selected its first Muslim cricketer this summer - and now New Zealand has its first Muslim All Black.
Sonny Bill Williams' pride is intact -- and thankfully for the New Zealand Rugby Union so is his jaw - after he maintained his unbeaten record as a professional boxer with a tougher than anticipated unanimous decision over journeyman Scott Lewis.
Maybe it was just fighting talk, or an attempt to placate his detractors -- but Sonny Bill Williams today downplayed the significance of a leg injury that could delay his Super rugby debut.
All Blacks midfielder Sonny Bill Williams is free to indulge his passion for boxing in tandem with his rugby career under his contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU).
It is yet another proud moment in his meteoric rise to international rugby, though Sonny Bill Williams sounded almost apologetic when contemplating his starting role in the All Blacks Grand Slam-defining test against Wales on Sunday (NZT).
The player supposedly from another planet may not be exposed to Ireland's little green men - Sonny Bill Williams could be held in reserve when the All Blacks play a historic test at the new Lansdowne Rd on Sunday (NZT).
When Wayne Smith ran Canterbury's Ranfurly Shield-era backline in the early to mid 1980s, the man invariably playing outside him developed a knack of leveraging his arms through a tackle and popping a pass to Victor Simpson.
Sonny Bill Williams as the new Reuben Thorne when the Crusaders bid for the inaugural Super 15 rugby crown?
One sleight of hand and the All Blacks' potentially magic acquisition of Sonny Bill Williams materialised, though New Zealand's most talked about rugby talent was hardly the star of the show at Twickenham.
Sonny Bill Williams' meteoric rise to the All Blacks test team was hardly an exclusive talking point when Graham Henry unveiled an experimental side for Sunday's (NZT) Grand Slam opener against England at Twickenham.
The All Black selectors have resisted any temptation to blood Sonny Bill Williams in the Bledisloe Cup leg of their end of year tour against the Wallabies at Hong Kong Stadium on Saturday.
Southland rugby officials have reminded security guards to be mindful of player safety as they await Canterbury's Ranfurly Shield challenge in Invercargill on Saturday night.
Sonny Bill Williams inspired Canterbury to a 35-20 win over Otago in Dunedin today as he scored a try and played prominent roles in the scoring of another two.
