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Sonny William "Sonny Bill" Williams (born 3 August 1985) is a New Zealand rugby player and heavyweight boxer who has played rugby league and rugby union at the highest levels. He currently plays rugby union for the Chiefs in Super Rugby. 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 both codes for his ability to offload the ball in the tackle and, formerly in rugby league, for his shoulder charges.〔(Sonny Bill Williams sinbinned for shoulder charge on debut ), by David Murray, The Daily Telegraph, 9 August2008.〕〔(SBW told to put shoulder charge away ) ''newstalkzb.co.nz'', 20 October 2011〕 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 Union World Cup winners.. From 2009 to 2013, Williams boxed professionally six times, winning all six of his heavyweight bouts before suspending his boxing career to focus on rugby football. Subsequently, he resurrected his boxing career in early 2015. He was formerly the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA) Heavyweight Champion and World Boxing Association (WBA) International Heavyweight Champion and is currently ranked inside the top 100 heavyweight boxers in the world with boxing website BoxRec. ==Early life== Williams was born on 3 August 1985, in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of John and Lee (née Woolsey).〔(48 hours: Sonny Bill – the future and a reminder of league's follies ), by Chris Rattue, nzherald.co.nz〕 His father is Samoan and was raised in New Zealand. His mother is of European New Zealander lineage, including English, Scottish and Irish descent. His maternal grandmother is Australian, which made Williams eligible to play for the Australian national rugby league team.〔 He has an older brother, John Arthur, and younger twin sisters, Niall and Denise.〔(Early hints of Sonny Bill's charisma ), by Steve Deane, nzherald.co.nz, dated 16 March 2013.〕〔(Sonny Bill Williams, the contender ), by Greg Bearup, The Australian, dated 2 March 2013.〕 Williams grew up in a working-class family in a state house in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert.〔 In describing his struggling family background, Williams later said that the "driving factor" in his pursuit of playing professional rugby league was to "get my mum a house."〔(Sonny Bill Williams: 'All those troubles made me the man I am today' ), by Donald McRae, The Guardian, dated 29 October 2013.〕 He attended Owairaka Primary School, Wesley Intermediate and Mount Albert Grammar School. As a child he has been described as being a "small, skinny white kid"〔(There's something about: Sonny Bill Williams, league player ), nzherald.co.nz, dated 26 October 2013.〕 who was "painfully shy", as well as "a freakish sporting talent, a competitive sprinter, a champion high jumper and cross country runner and the kid who played footy in teams a couple of age divisions above, to make things fairer."〔 Despite being tipped to have a promising future in athletics, Williams abandoned it when he was about twelve years old.〔 Though his father was an accomplished rugby league player, Williams has said it was his mother who introduced him to the game.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonny Bill Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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