Grant Williams (rugby union)
Appearance
![]() Williams in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 22 July 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Paarl Gimnasium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grant Williams (born 22 July 1996) is a South African professional rugby union player currently playing for Sharks. His playing positions are scrum-half and wing.
Club rugby
Williams plays for the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship and in the Currie Cup and the Sharks XV in the Rugby Challenge.[1] He usually plays as a scrum-half.
International
In August 2021 and after great performances with his club Williams was called up to the Springbok squad to replace another Sharks scrumhalf, Jaden Hendrikse, who sustained a leg fracture.[2] He made his international debut off the bench in a 12-13 loss for the Springboks against Wales in Bloemfontein on 9 July 2022.
References
- ^ "Grant Williams". It's Rugby. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ IOL, Sharks scrumhalf Grant Williams called up to Springboks squad
External links
- Grant Williams at ESPNscrum
- Grant Williams at ItsRugby.co.uk
Kategorien:
- South African rugby union players
- Living people
- 1996 births
- Cape Coloureds
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Sharks (rugby union) players
- Rugby union players from Paarl
- Sharks (Currie Cup) players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2014 African Youth Games
- South Africa international rugby union players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Alumni of Paarl Gimnasium
- South African rugby union biography stubs