Shoulder injury adds more pain to terrible year for Williams


  • Rugby
  • Sunday, 11 Nov 2018

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - New Zealand Training - The Lensbury, Teddington, Britain - November 8, 2018 New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams during training . Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

LONDON (Reuters) - Sonny Bill Williams' wretched year went from bad to worse on Saturday as the two-times Rugby World Cup winner for New Zealand appears likely to have finished an injury-plagued campaign with a shoulder issue.

The 33-year-old lasted just 30 minutes of the All Blacks' 16-15 victory over England at Twickenham before he left the field and coach Steve Hansen said the Auckland Blues centre would not be back for next week's clash with Ireland in Dublin.

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