In twilight of his career, can Sonny Bill Williams still land a blow? | app85
Nasser had another proviso: then Chiefs coach Dave Rennie, now in charge of the Wallabies, wasn't to burn Williams out during a gruelling pre-season. Williams had to be fresh for the fight, too.
Williams went on to beat American Clarence Tillman III for the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association heavyweight title. The fight finished before the end of the first round. He had ensured there were tickets for not only all of his teammates, but also all of the Chiefs' administration staff who wanted them too.
When whispers were swirling about Toronto Wolfpack's viability in this year's Super League season, Roosters coach Trent Robinson took only a few seconds to pick up the phone and call Williams, signed to a two-year $10 million deal. Yet Williams twice left rugby league to join the All Blacks - arguably the world's most successful international team - and immediately added credibility.
To all of the people who have been around him, that's exactly what drives Williams these days: being a good person. "Slowly through the year that group started to get bigger and bigger, especially for the Islander boys," his former premiership-winning Roosters teammate Daniel Mortimer says. "It was mostly the young guys wanting to emulate him.Daniel Mortimer
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