Rugby Union - New Zealand Training - The Lensbury, London, Britain - November 6FILE PHOTO: , 2018 New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams during training Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Sonny Bill Williams has enough credit in the bank to only need to prove his fitness to put himself into contention for his third Rugby World Cup later this year, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has said.
The 33-year-old Auckland Blues back, a member of the World Cup winning squads in 2011 and 2015, suffered a knee injury in late March and had arthroscopic surgery.
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