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Sonny Bill Williams

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Sonny Bill Williams is a New Zealand professional boxer and a former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer. He began in rugby league with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, and represented New Zealand in that code. He moved to rugby union in 2010 and played mainly as a centre for Toulon, the Crusaders, Chiefs, Blues and Panasonic Wild Knights, winning 58 caps for the All Blacks. He was part of the New Zealand teams that won the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cups, also played rugby sevens at the 2016 Olympics, and retired from both rugby codes in March 2021 before boxing professionally in the heavyweight division.

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1985 1
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    Born 3 August 1985 in Auckland, Auckland NZL
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    Sex Male
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    is a New Zealand professional boxer
  • Competed In: Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup
    He won 58 caps for New Zealand (the All Blacks), and was part of the teams that won the 2011 and 2015 World Cups.
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