Niall Williams (rugby union)
Date of birth | 21 April 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niall Williams (born 21 April 1988) is a New Zealand rugby sevens player and former New Zealand international touch football captain.[1] She is a member of New Zealand's women's national rugby sevens team and was selected for their squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand claimed the silver medal behind Australia.[2][3] In touch football she won gold at the 2005 Youth World Cup and silver at the 2011 Touch Football World Cup.[4][5][6]
Personal life[]
Of Samoan and Pākehā descent,[7] Niall, also known as "Nizzle",[8] is the younger sister of All Black Sonny Bill Williams.[9] She has a twin sister called Denise[10][1] and two daughters, Tatum-Lee and Rema-Rae.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b Sonny Bill Williams, the contender Archived 17 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine, by Greg Bearup, The Australian, dated 2 March 2013.
- ^ "WILLIAMS Niall". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Sonny Bill and Niall Williams make Rio Olympics squads". Sky Sports.com. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ Summerfield, Shaun (16 June 2011). "SBW's sister looks to extend her bragging rights". 3 News. Media Works. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ "Niall Williams". Touch New Zealand. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Touch World Cup 2011: Women's Touch Blacks Strong in Brave Loss". Touch New Zealand. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Player Profile Niall Williams". sportstg.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Niall Williams | allblacks.com". All Blacks. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Strang, Ben (26 November 2015). "SBW's sister Niall Williams is New Zealand's newest rugby sevens player". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Early hints of Sonny Bill's charisma Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, by Steve Deane, nzherald.co.nz, dated 16 March 2013.
External links[]
- New Zealand Profile
- Niall Williams at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- New Zealand people of Samoan descent
- New Zealand female rugby union players
- New Zealand international rugby union players
- New Zealand female rugby sevens players
- New Zealand international rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Twin people from New Zealand
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1980s birth stubs