Brendan Williams (rugby union)
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| Full name | Brendan C. Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 May 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Urbenville, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Brendan Williams (born 21 May 1978 in Urbenville) is a retired Australian-born rugby union player. He played at Fullback.
He first came to stardom as Australian Under 21s player in 1995. Signed to Randwick Rugby Club in 1998, a club he played for since 1995, he was awarded The Daily Telegraph Rookie of the Year award. He later moved to New South Wales Waratahs.
He was included in the Australian Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens twice in consecutive games,[1] becoming a bronze medalist with his teammates.
He has also played as an international rugby player, notably playing for Petrarca Rugby based in Padova, Italy and Benetton Treviso, Italy[2] in the professional Italian rugby union as a wing (fullback).
Brendan retired from professional rugby playing his last game on 2 May 2014, at home against Glasgow Warriors losing the match 16-38.[3]
Honours[edit]
- National Championship of Excellence
- Champions Benetton Treviso: 2002–2003, 2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2008–2009
- Coppa Italia
- Champions Benetton Treviso: 2004–2005, 2009–2010
- Italian Super Cup
- Champions Benetton Treviso: 2006, 2009
References[edit]
- ^ "Ranwick Club website: The Brendan Williams story". Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Italian Rugby News: Loamanu the new Williams?". Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Match Centre Master, 2 May 2014". Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
External links[edit]
- Brendan Williams at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Brendan Williams at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Australia international rugby sevens players
- Australian rugby union players
- Living people
- 1978 births
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Australia
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby union players from New South Wales
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- People from New England (New South Wales)
- Petrarca Rugby players
- Benetton Rugby players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Australian expatriate rugby union players