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Alexander James "Ali" Williams (born 30 April 1981 in Auckland) is a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of lock. He represented Auckland and plays for the Blues in the Super...

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Person Biography:(required) Alexander James "Ali" Williams (born 30 April 1981 in Auckland) is a New Zealand rugby union player at the position of lock. He represented Auckland and plays for the Blues in the Super 14, when he signed for the Tasman provincial side. In 2008, he played for the Crusaders in the Super 14 and in 2010 signed on loan for Nottingham Rugby in the Championship. He has played for the All Blacks since 2002 and was in the All Blacks squad for the 2003, 2007 and 2011 World Cups. In 2005, NZ Rugby Almanack chose him as one of its five players of the year.

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Gregor Paul: Clinical Ali knew it was time

News Source: New Zealand Herald | 42 minutes ago

Timing hasn't previously been a strong point for Ali Williams, but his decision today to retire from test rugby is indisputably perfect...Everyone, Williams admirers and haters, could see in the last few weeks that, after a promising start to the
New Zealand's Williams Calls Time on Test Career

News Source: International Herald Tribune | 2 hours ago

New Zealand's second highest-capped lock Ali Williams announced his retirement from international rugby on Friday. The 32-year-old had played 77 tests for the world champion All Blacks in his 10-year international career. Ian Jones played 79 tests
Rugby: Williams retiring from international rugby

News Source: New Zealand Herald | 4 hours ago

All Black lock Ali Williams has announced his retirement from international rugby. The 77-test veteran who made his debut in 2002 made the announcement with a video post on the Blues Rugby YouTube channel . "Just want to let you know first that I am
Williams calls time on All Blacks career

News Source: Wellington Dominion | 4 hours ago

Ali Williams is quitting test rugby, ending an 11-year stint in the All Blacks. Williams announced his retirement via social media this morning, tweeting: "It's that time." He then provided a link to Telly, a site labelled the web's TV, where he
Rugby: Workaholic Saili takes his game to another level

News Source: New Zealand Herald | 6 hours ago

Every rugby team needs workaholics, those men who tackle, mop up and do the dirty work...In previous seasons he was mentioned quite a lot and mostly for the wrong reasons as his game failed to lift. That seemed strange with former international loose
Rugby: Costly injury for Blues ahead of Brumbies match

News Source: New Zealand Herald | 23 hours ago

The Blues have lost in-form blindside flanker Steven Luatua for their critical Super 15 clash with the Brumbies on Saturday. Luatua, who attended the All Blacks training camp this week, is suffering from a neck injury and has been replaced by Brendon
Super Rugby: Who's hot and who's not - week 14

News Source: New Zealand Herald | 4 days ago

Patrick McKendry names the top back, standout forward and the four in-form teams from the weekend's Super 15 action. Forward of the week: Sam Whitelock (Crusaders) Yes, he is an excellent lineout technician, and yes, he's got great handling skills to
It wasn't me who scored - Franks

News Source: Wellington Dominion | 4 days ago

Like most of the 17,200 supporters at the sellout arena, Franks and Whitelock would have just been relieved captain Kieran Read's bold decision to spurn an easy penalty shot proved correct. The Crusaders hit the jackpot when the lineout drive off Sam

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